Temporary labour migration and sustainable post-conflict return in Sierra Leone |
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| Authors: | Roy Maconachie Tony Binns Paul Tengbe Reynold Johnson |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9QH, UK;(2) Department of Geography, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9001, New Zealand;(3) Department of Geography, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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| Abstract: | Economic and social development indicators suggest that the small West African state of Sierra Leone is among the poorest
countries in the world. Sierra Leone’s economy and quality of life deteriorated rapidly during a decade of political instability
and civil war in the 1990s, when many people fled their homes and abandoned their livelihoods due to the rebel insurgency.
This paper examines the post-war reconstruction scenario in Sierra Leone and presents recent evidence from two rural communities
in the Eastern Province that were badly affected by the conflict. The paper considers the links between the farming and diamond
mining sectors, which, despite severe dislocation during the conflict period, have proved to be remarkably resilient. It is
argued that seasonal labour mobility associated with this dual economy has not only continued to be a key ingredient in sustaining
livelihood portfolios, but is actually an essential pre-condition for the creation of an enabling environment for sustainable
post-conflict return.
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| Keywords: | Migration Post-conflict Agriculture Diamonds Sierra Leone |
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