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Abou Bakarr Kamara

  • Senior Country Economist, Sierra Leone
  • International Growth Centre

Roles

IGC Staff

Researchers

Email

[email protected]

Abou Bakarr Kamara is a Senior Country Economist, working in the IGC Sierra Leone programme.

Projects

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Solving barriers to quality female representation in politics

Katherine Casey, Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara 30 Sep 2025
Project
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Cost-effective health service provision: Bundling health services in rural Sierra Leone

Maarten Voors, Niccolò Meriggi, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Abou Bakarr Kamara 1 Jun 2025
Project
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Tracking the economic consequences and response to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone

Macartan Humphreys, Wilson Prichard, Maarten Voors, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Peter van der Windt, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi
Project

Fragility and instability in Liberia: Understanding the root causes and potential implications

Brian Ganson, Abou Bakarr Kamara 30 Jun 2019
Project

All contributions

Increasing the fiscal space in Sierra Leone

Increasing the fiscal space in Sierra Leone

Abou Bakarr Kamara, Saugata Mittra
Policy brief
Freetown informal settlements
Taxing effectively

Three reasons why increasing domestic revenue remains a challenge in Sierra Leone

Abou Bakarr Kamara
Blog
Woman casting her ballot
Gender equality

Improving women's political representation: Insights from Sierra Leone

Naasey Addoba Kanko Arthur, Andrés Felipe Rodríguez, Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Katherine E Casey
Blog
Fragility and Resilience in the Mano River Union Subregion

Fragility and resilience in the Mano River Union subregion: Consolidating peace dividends amid persistent challenges

Brian Ganson, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Herbert M'cleod, Ibrahim Nyei, Tidiane Traore, Aïssatou Cissé Yao-Yao
Project report

Sustainable futures: A conversation with Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and Matthieu Teachout

Event
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Promoting trade and investment in Sierra Leone

Philip English, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Herbert M'cleod, Wilbourne Showers
Project report
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Tracking the economic consequences of COVID-19

Niccolò Meriggi, Macartan Humphreys, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Matthew Krupoff, Madison Levine, Herbert M'cleod, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Wilson Prichard, Ashwini Shridhar, Peter van der Windt, Maarten Voors
Working paper
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Tracking the economic consequences and responses to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone

Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Macartan Humphreys, Herbert M'cleod, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Wilson Prichard, Peter van der Windt, Maarten Voors, Matthew Krupoff, Madison Levine, Ashwini Shridhar
Working paper

Responding to COVID-19 in fragile states: The case of Sierra Leone

Abou Bakarr Kamara
Blog

Freetown just implemented a new tax system that could quintuple revenue

Wilson Prichard, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi
Blog

Simplifying property tax administration in Africa: Piloting a points-based valuation in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Kevin Grieco, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi, Julian Michel, Wilson Prichard, Graeme Stewart-Wilson
Policy brief

Working with political parties to strengthen candidate selection processes in Sierra Leone

Katherine E Casey, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi
Policy brief

National AGOA Response Strategy Launch & Forum on Trade and Private Sector

12 February 2019 Golden Tulip Hotel, Aberdeen
Past Event

Cross border trading: Sierra Leone and her neighbours

Abou Bakarr Kamara
Blog