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Context includes high poverty, post-civil-war economic growth, fragile/conflict-affected status, persistent corruption and governance challenges, and youth unemployment. The report outlines CAS focus areas (human development and inclusive growth, plus extractives management) and details portfolio composition, delays in strategy renewal, and how Ebola and iron ore price downturns drove rapid adaptive support, including health-sector strengthening and budget financing.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nFor Official Use Only  \nCLR Review  \nIndependent Evaluation Group  \n\n| 1. CAS Data |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Country: Sierra Leone |  |\n| CAS Year: FY10 | CAS: FY10 – FY13 |\n| CLR Period: FY10-FY19 | Date of this review: May 15, 2020 |\n\n\n| 2. Ratings |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |\n|  | CLR Rating | IEG Rating |\n| Development Outcome: | Not Rated | Not Rated |\n| WBG Performance: | Not Rated | Not Rated |\n\n\n| 3. Executive Summary |\n| --- |\n| i. This is a validation of the Completion and Learning Review (CLR) for the World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement in Sierra Leone covering the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS, FY10-FY13) . For completeness and learning purposes, and while the CAS formally expired in FY13, IEG has elected to examine the period FY14-FY19 as well as no CPF was in place to replace the CAS. Owing to data limitations and in line with relevant provisions of the Working Arrangements between the Independent Evaluation Group and WBG , 1 IEG’s review does not rate the CAS’s overall development outcome or the World Bank Group’s performance.\u003Cbr>ii. At the outset of the FY10-FY13 CAS, Sierra Leone had a very high poverty rate , with a poverty headcount of 52.9 percent of the population based on the 2011 household survey (using the national poverty line) . In the seven years after the end of the civil war in 2002 , the economy had grown at about\u003Cbr>10 percent a year on average, led by agriculture, construction, services, and mining. Sierra Leone was categorized as a Fragile and Conflict-Affected State until FY18 . Corruption and poor governance remained major challenges. Youth unemployment was a problem for a generation of young people that received little if any schooling. Investing in people, particularly the poor, was essential for growth and poverty reduction. Therefore, upgrading skills and improving access to health and education were key priorities.\u003Cbr>iii. In 2008, the Government of Sierra Leone developed the “Agenda for Change 2008-12: Second Poverty Reduction Strategy,” which emphasized human development and inclusive growth (the latter through investments in energy, agriculture and transportation) . The WBG CAS centered on the same priorities as the Agenda for Change, with two focus areas: (a) human development, and (b) promoting inclusive growth. The CAS Progress Report (CASPR) in 2012 added a third focus area on managing the boom in the extractives industry (particularly iron ore) . The WBG CAS was prepared jointly with the |\n\n1 IBRD/IDA/IFC/MIGA “Working arrangements between Independent Evaluation Group and WBG”EXC6.02-PROC.105 . Country Engagement Guidance (OPS5.01-GUID.110) .  \nAfrican Development Bank (AfDB) . A joint strategy was seen as the most effective way for both institutions to support Sierra Leone and divide labor. AfDB would focus on developing the road network, and invest in water and sanitation, while IDA would focus on human development, youth employment and skills, public sector reform, and energy sector reforms and investments.  \niv. The existing portfolio when the CAS was approved comprised seven IPF operations committed during FY05-FY09 amounting to US$145 million. Two thirds of the existing portfolio were projects in Focus Area II, while one third went to Focus Area I. During the CAS period, new IDA commitments totaled US$251 million. About 50 percent of investment lending went to Focus Area II, 45 percent to Focus Area I, and 5 percent to Focus Area III. During the CAS 30 trust-funded operations amounting to US$173 million supported activities across the program objectives.  \nv. The FY10-FY13 CAS expired without a new WBG-supported strategy in place, and no strategy has been developed until now. Such a long delay (2014-19) was due to three reasons according to the CLR: (i) Ebola outbreak , (ii) downturn in international iron ore prices in 2013, and (iii) a catastrophic landslide in Freetown in 2017. 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