Sierra Leone Policy Papers
Perspectives on Social Innovation and Change in Sierra Leone
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While there is a longing for development ideas and leadership education in Sierra Leone, there is a dearth in relevant texts on the subject. Moreover, a generation of flawed policies and poor governance has hampered understanding of the cultural, social and economic influences on management of the weakening institutions of Sierra Leone. This book thus provides an invaluable empirical plinth for advancing development knowledge and social innovation and change in Sierra Leone. Arising from an interest in pursuing research and scholarship in policy development, Sierra Leone Policy Papers is an anthology of researched essays of forecasts, trends, and ideas about government in Sierra Leone. It combines analysis, theory, and political trends to explore the influences on leadership and institutional performance in Sierra Leone and attempts to push the boundaries of development policy. In doing so, it explores how much can be learned from examining Sierra Leone’s leadership and management challenges towards realizing the potential of a Sierra Leonean regeneration, and to discerning what the global community may learn from Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Policy Papers is much-needed scholarship of the political and leadership dynamics of Sierra Leone that should be appreciated by public officials, as well as researchers and policy makers in the international development community.
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A very brilliant analysis...commendable scholarship!
Dr. Charles Curtis-Thomas
Great work! It is always good to have some insights into our endemic problems.
Momodu Sesay
A terrific piece of work and I wish to congratulate you for doing a marvellous job.
Serrie Kamara, Ph.D.
Your policy papers on Sierra Leone are very thorough and well researched. Thanks for your papers. You are a great educator.
Brima Michael Turay
A very insightful and realistic work.
Engr. Pierre Lightfoot-Boston
A well written [anthology of essays] and I am not the least in doubt of what you can do as I know somewhere there is still some bigger "mental bomb" waiting to explode in your make up.
Mohamed Boye Jallo-Jamboria
While there is a longing for development ideas and leadership education in Sierra Leone, there is a dearth in relevant texts on the subject. Moreover, a generation of flawed policies and poor governance has hampered understanding of the cultural, social and economic influences on management of the weakening institutions of Sierra Leone. This book thus provides an invaluable empirical plinth for advancing development knowledge and social innovation and change in Sierra Leone.
Arising from an interest in pursuing research and scholarship in policy development, Sierra Leone Policy Papers is an anthology of researched essays of forecasts, trends, and ideas about government in Sierra Leone. It combines analysis, theory, and political trends to explore the influences on leadership and institutional performance in Sierra Leone and attempts to push the boundaries of development policy. In doing so, it explores how much can be learned from examining Sierra Leone’s leadership and management challenges towards realizing the potential of a Sierra Leonean regeneration, and to discerning what the global community may learn from Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone Policy Papers is much-needed scholarship of the political and leadership dynamics of Sierra Leone that should be appreciated by public officials, as well as researchers and policy makers in the international development community.
About the Author
Kenday Samuel Kamara (b. October 11, 1961) is a research and development consultant in administration, policy development and capacity building. Born in Makeni, Sierra Leone, and raised in Kabala, Kambia, Magburaka, and Kenema, he is the second child of a Temne/Limba family consisting of an educator (Samuel Bassie Kamara) and his wife (Beatrice Sinah Kamara). He trained as an organizational development and management expert at the Walden University. During his professional career, Kenday has been involved in two main policy areas: the expanding role of civil society in governance and development; and the need for research-based knowledge on the crucial challenges facing civil society and local government authorities, especially rural communities. In terms of governance and decentralization, he has worked on matters related to the allocation of functions and responsibilities between central and local government (CADS Sierra Leone and WCPA Programs). He also has experience in designing and implementing programs to enhance citizen participation in the decision making process. He has completed several assignments for the EU in assessing microfinance demand to determine mechanisms for local development and has facilitated workshops on capacity building for small- and medium- sized entrepreneurs and national survey enumerators based on EU best practices (Sierra Leone). Over the years, Kenday has also undertaken serious interest in writing policy papers (which are extensively cited by public servants and scholars) on various social change issues having to do with institutional reform and capacity building for Global Integrity and for various publications in Sierra Leone and in the Diaspora. And as a Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar, Kenday is well informed on examples from Latin America, Africa, the United States, and Central and Eastern Europe, with opportunity of understanding how vibrant and sustainable rural communities in these regions have learned to encourage and value greater participation by their citizens, including women and youth, while at the same time respecting different social, cultural, and economic perspectives, values, traditions, and aspirations.