The Effect of Civil War on the Economic Development of Sierra Leone
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Begun in Spring 2013, the Anthropology Symposium is an annual event hosted by the Department of Anthropology to highlight the research of the program's undergraduate and graduate students in the department's three areas of anthropology: biological, archaeological, and cultural. The 2016 Symposium was the 4th event in the history of this series, and the first to be uploaded to the DR@ISU.
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Sierra Leone, home to 6.1 million people, has suffered huge consequences in the country’s economic growth due to a civil war that took place from 1991-2002. Therefore, Sierra Leone’s population is made of mostly the young youths and adults due to abandonment of caregivers and deaths. The effect of the violent civil war has caused the country to be ranked as one of the poorest country in the world. There are some efforts being put to stimulate economic growth so the citizens can be able to sustain themselves. The efforts include outside assistance from other countries and the inside effort of the citizens in the country itself.