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Young people in Sierra Leone and Liberia are faced by a challenging digital environment if they want to benefit from the livelihood opportunities offered by mobile phones
29 January 2019
24 January 2019
Published by: Oxford University Press
In low-income countries, citizens often pay ‘taxes’ that differ substantially from what is required by statute. These non-statutory...
15 January 2019
Published by: Future Health Systems
Unequal access to healthcare exacerbates poor health due to their living conditions of those living in informal settlements across...
15 January 2019
Published by: Future Health Systems
Waste management has been a challenge in the Freetown municipality of Sierra Leone for a long time, underpinned by the limited capacity...
15 January 2019
Published by: Future Health Systems
Access to water is one of the major challenges faced by residents of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and informal settlements are no exception...
Deadly diseases with pandemic potential are a global concern, but local people’s understandings of these diseases and their knowledge in preparing for them is often ignored. This research will explore ‘preparedness from below’ by highlighting the importance of local perspectives to disease response which have not been fully recognised and supported in global discourses so far.
6 December 2018
Published by: Routledge
This article examines the issue of peace and restraint within ongoing conflicts. While the vast majority of the literature on civil...
15 November 2018
Published by: ICTD and IDS
This paper considers how men and women in eastern and northern Sierra Leone interact differently with formal and informal revenue...
21 September 2018
