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Invest Salone ANDE Conference talk – Facilitating a favourable investment climate: Lessons from Sierra Leone

This presentation, given at the ANDE Annual Conference 2023, shares some of the lessons that Invest Salone – a UK government-funded, private sector development initiative – has learned about working in economies like Sierra Leone, which are emerging from fragility.

Topic: Business resilience, COMPETE Salone, PROSPER Salone, Sustainable business

Sector: Other

Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone

Published by: Invest Salone

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