The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Students Urged to Be Good Citizens
- Sierra Leone: Tension Mounts At Fourah Bay College
- Fighting Sierra Leone’s Poverty in the wrong places
- Motor Drivers’ Union Cautions Members in Sierra Leone
- In Sierra Leone Street Traders Express Constraints

Sierra Leone: Students Urged to Be Good Citizens
AllAfrica.com – Oct 29, 2007
Speaking during the visit of the Iranian Cultural Consulate on October 24 Mr. Mohamed Reza Gezel Sofla, he said it was imperative to provide both education and instilling faith into the children at the same time. According to him, 'it moulds the children into good citizens'. He stressed the need for moral education in schools.

Sierra Leone: Tension Mounts At Fourah Bay College
AllAfrica.com – Oct 29, 2007
The College has reopened but students have shockingly discovered that fees have been redoubled after the last academic year's increase. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); The increase has invoked outrage from the students who have vowed 'to fight tooth and nail to have it reduced". They say it is a ploy to drive students from poor homes from the College. One student who prefers anonymity says, 'My parents are farmers.

Fighting Sierra Leone’s Poverty in the wrong places
Awareness Times – Oct 29, 2007
The programme which is organized by the UNDP and the Sierra Leone Government will offer a chance for the poor to voice their concerns and to recognize them as the first people to fight against poverty and raise public awareness in the eradication of poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal. UNDPs Comedy ShowIn the eyes of the community of practicing economists, this is an intellectual joke, a comedy show if you will, hosted by the UNDP. Indeed economic growth has a strong anchor in political stability and a macroeconomic correlation to the eradication of poverty. Therefore, one cannot isolate the contribution of the Sierra Leone Army and Police in the “fight against poverty” and raising public awareness. But, in a country with an inestimably high rate of unemployment, extremely low wages, high cost of living and possibly hundreds with no food on the table, what is the cause for celebration, or need to raise public awareness?Awareness of Poverty is Well EstablishedWith so many formal and informal sectors of a post war economy stranded in low productivity, the UNDPs awareness initiative bears no direct impact on the growth of the economy…
UNDPs Comedy ShowIn the eyes of the community of practicing economists, this is an intellectual joke, a comedy show if you will, hosted by the UNDP. Indeed economic growth has a strong anchor in political stability and a macroeconomic correlation to the eradication of poverty. Therefore, one cannot isolate the contribution of the Sierra Leone Army and Police in the “fight against poverty” and raising public awareness. But, in a country with an inestimably high rate of unemployment, extremely low wages, high cost of living and possibly hundreds with no food on the table, what is the cause for celebration, or need to raise public awareness?Awareness of Poverty is Well EstablishedWith so many formal and informal sectors of a post war economy stranded in low productivity, the UNDPs awareness initiative bears no direct impact on the growth of the economy. The UNDP would do well to take a microscopic look at the illiteracy rate of the estimated 52% of the population between ages 15 to 64 and the academic propects of the 43% of the next generation between 0 to 14. I see tremenduous human capital disengaged from formally contributing to the productivity of the economy. I also peg my pessimism on a projected period of prolonged war on the eradication of poverty.

Motor Drivers’ Union Cautions Members in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times – Oct 29, 2007
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In Sierra Leone Street Traders Express Constraints
Awareness Times – Oct 29, 2007
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