The Role of Non-state Actors' Oversight and Scrutiny in Public Financial Management Reform in Sierra Leone (MfDR Africa, 25 Aug 2010)

The Government of Sierra Leone has been taking conscious steps towards the improving and reforming its financial management practices. Various diagnostic studies and assessments have been conducted to gauge the performance of these reforms, and to offer remedial measures aimed at improving the government’s financial management practices’ overall. Some of these studies include the Country Profile Financial Accountability (CPFA) (December 2001), the Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) (March 2002) and the two (internal and external) 2007 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments.