By Tanu Jalloh
Each year the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone has an arduous end-of-year traditional ceremony, which in recent times happens at the Bank of Sierra Leone Staff Recreational Complex – a serene auditorium at Kingtom in the west of Freetown. Each year he must put together and deliver a statement on this occasion, reflecting the country’s economic health, raising hopes and bandying about with policies for public fiscal decorum. This year’s was a close shot at spasmodic chasms!
By Tanu Jalloh
After so many technical details were considered with a view to creating a stock exchange, which seems to be doing well in Ivory Coast and Nigeria in the sub region, Sierra Leone launched the securities and business platform on July 17, 2009. That was ten years after the decision first came up in 1999.
“When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do Sir?” asks John Maynard Keynes.
By Tanu Jalloh
The Bank of Sierra Leone in particular and the economic policy focus in general have often targeted those issues that they strongly feel, but also think, are most likely to lead to economic growth, using all macroeconomic policy frameworks. Where are the microeconomics?
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
