Establishing the legislative, political, and administrative framework for local government and decentralization in Sierra Leone. -- Fiscal decentralization: building the financial capacity of local governments. -- Administrative decentrallization: building the non-financial capacity of local governments. -- Decentralization in practice. -- Impact of decentralization on public services: evidence to date. -- Civic engagement in local governance. -- Landscape of local authority in Sierra Leone: how "Traditional" and "Modern" justice and governance systems interact. -- Reflections and conclusions on positives and problems resulting from devolution to date.

1. Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-
2. Democracy -- Sierra Leone
3. Local government -- Swerra Leone
4. Decentralization in government -- Serra Leore