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Introducing the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre: Connecting Urban Data and Policy

1/19/2017

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Author: Dr. Joseph Macarthy
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​As in many parts of Africa, Sierra Leone faces a significant challenge in advancing the ‘urban’ in the country’s development agenda, owing mainly to the lack of relevant, evidence-based knowledge on the processes and trends influencing urban development. There is, therefore, a real need for the development of a policy framework to support urban centres in becoming engines of growth and providers of economic opportunities for inclusive development.
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