Food Systems Resilience Programme baseline study
A baseline assessment of food systems, livelihoods and resilience across targeted districts in Sierra Leone.
Research and delivery for Sierra Leone’s development.
The Economic Forum is a multidisciplinary consultancy. Ministries, development funds and businesses bring us in to research problems, run grant programmes, advise institutions and train the teams who carry the work forward.
Commissioned by government ministries and international development funds.
Freetown at dusk. Photograph by Bunting Kargbo.
We connect rigorous research with the realities of implementation.
TEF brings researchers, economists, programme specialists and associate consultants together in one team. We help clients understand complex challenges, strengthen institutions and deliver practical solutions, from field surveys in the districts to grant administration for national programmes.
Who we are
What we do
Six areas of practice, each grounded in assignments we have delivered.
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Research & evaluation
Surveys, data quality reviews and programme evaluations.
Applied in Food Systems Resilience Programme baseline studyWomen in agribusiness: country context studyIntegrated National Public Services Survey
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Fund & grant management
Grant appraisal, administration and monitoring.
Applied in Skills Development Fund Secretariat
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Enterprise & agribusiness
Business planning and agricultural value chain studies.
Applied in Food Systems Resilience Programme baseline studyWomen in agribusiness: country context study
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Institutions & public policy
Policy analysis, public finance and institutional systems.
Applied in Skills Development Fund SecretariatIntegrated National Public Services Survey
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Skills & capacity building
Training for institutions, programme teams and businesses.
Applied in Skills Development Fund SecretariatIntegrated National Public Services Survey
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Gender & social inclusion
Gender analysis and women’s economic participation.
Applied in Food Systems Resilience Programme baseline studyWomen in agribusiness: country context study
Our assignment record
Studies, programmes and institutional support for public and development clients across Sierra Leone.
- Integrated National Public Services Survey 2015–2016
- Women in agribusiness: country context study 2018
- Skills Development Fund Secretariat 2020–2024
- Food Systems Resilience Programme baseline study 2024
Selected work
All assignments 
Skills Development Fund Secretariat
Establishing the institutional arrangements and management systems behind a national skills development fund.
Women in agribusiness: country context study
Gender-sensitive research to understand agribusiness opportunities, value chains and the conditions shaping women’s economic participation.
Integrated National Public Services Survey
Research into citizens’ experience of local services to support evidence-based planning and decentralisation.
Photographs show the places and sectors we work in, not the assignments themselves.
From Freetown’s ministries to the districts.
Our assignments span national surveys, district baselines and programmes that engage training providers, businesses and producer groups. We design each one around the people and institutions it is meant to serve.
A market street in central Freetown. Photograph by Abdulai Sayni.
Prepare an assignment brief
Outline the support you need, the location and your timeframe.