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Kevin Grieco

  • Researcher
  • University of California - Los Angeles

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Exploring the socio-economic causes and consequences of 'Kush' abuse among young people in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Kevin Grieco, Aiah Henry Mondeh 1 Nov 2025
Project
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Taxation and political participation in Sierra Leone

Darin Christensen, Kevin Grieco 31 Mar 2020
Project
Central Freetown at night, Sierra Leone. Photo credits: Patrick S. Bangura vika Wikipedia Images (CC0 1.0)

Brighter communities, safer cities

Daniel Posner, Kevin Grieco 31 May 2019
Project

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A digital town hall using mobile phones was used in Sierra Leone to boost citizen participation as illustrated by an image of hands holding mobile phones.

Can participatory budgeting build government legitimacy and tax revenues in weak states?

Kevin Grieco, Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Julian Michel, Wilson Prichard
Blog
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Participation, legitimacy and fiscal capacity in weak states: Evidence from participatory budgeting

Kevin Grieco, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi, Julian Michel, Wilson Prichard
Working paper
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Taxation and political participation in Sierra Leone

Darin Christensen, Kevin Grieco
Project report
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Electrifying growth in Sierra Leone: Energy access for productive use

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Kevin Grieco, Alex Gilchrist, Niccolò Meriggi, Maarten Voors
Project report
Dwarzack community in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: Tina C. Kamara / SLURC / Development Planning Unit University College London, CC BY 2.0.

Reforming property tax valuation in Sierra Leone

Kevin Grieco, Julian Michel, Derek Holliday
Blog
Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: Annabel Symington via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

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

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