The Joint Country Assistance Strategy (JCAS) of the World Bank, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is fully aligned to Sierra Leone’s second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP II): 2008-2012 or Agenda for Change.
The JCAS is supports two pillars of the PRSP: Growth and Human Development.
Under the Growth pillar, the JCAS provides for the financing of investments in agriculture, fisheries, energy, transport, and the financial sector.
Under the Human Development pillar, the JCAS provides for the financing of investments that support decentralized service delivery in health, education, water supply, universal primary education and maternal health.
The JCAS also addresses two cross-cutting themes: Governance and Private Sector Development. These include strengthening governance institutions, addressing governance issues in operations, promoting opportunities for private-sector development across all sectors, and addressing gender disparities in operations.
The JCAS is expected to contribute substantially to improved delivery of basic services in health, education, water and sanitation together with improvements in governance, measured by higher scores in the country’s performance and institutional assessment rating.
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