Freetown: city report

Analyses how power is configured at the national and city levels.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
15 April 2025
Country:
Sierra Leone
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
First published:
6 January 2024
Authors:
Macarthy, Jospeh A., de Bruijne, Kars, Conteh, Felix Marco and Hitchen, Jamie

Abstract

The study uses the African Cities Research Consortium’s holistic framework to analyse how power is configured at the national and city levels and how the 3 components of politics, systems and development domains interact to influence urban development in Freetown. This approach seeks to provide new insights to politicians, city officials and other key decision-makers about the systemic challenges they face, how this is linked with the city’s everyday politics, and the implications for development.

This paper is part of the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) programme.

Citation

Macarthy JM and others. ‘Freetown: city report’ ACRC Working Paper 2024-16, African Cities Research Consortium, The University of Manchester 2024

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