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Summary
- The report lacks a materiality clause but details the companies, export dealers, chiefdoms and government agencies included in the reconciliation. It is notable that revenue reconciliation is performed at the chiefdom level
- The report provide some IMF and government data for comparison.
- The report does not indicate what portion of total mining revenues are covered by the nine commercial entities (six companies and three export dealers) covered. Only one of these companies is engaged in diamond mining.
- Companies contribute to an agricultural fund, although no details are given on how this fund is allocated.
- Data reliability is a concern. The reconciler notes that several companies may have revised their data to match the government data without providing any supporting materials.
- Sierra Leone scores low on timeliness.
Data Year
2006-07
Publication Year
2010
EITI Status
Candidate
Candidate
Report Compiled by Verdi Consulting
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Source sleiti.org
Government Receipts
$10,201,528.67
Company Payments
$10,475,495.66
GDP, 2007
BILLION US$
source
1.66
Total Government Revenue (% of GDP)
43.39
Reported EI Revenue (% of Total Revenue)
1.41
Report Quality Indicators | ||
1. Regularity | ||
| a) score | 0.25 | |
| b) total reports / implementing years | 1/4 | |
2. Timeliness | ||
| Lag between fiscal year of data and publication year. | 3 | |
3. Materiality | ||
| Report clearly defines a materiality threshold. | No | The committee selected the commodities and companies to be included. |
4. Data Reliability | ||
| Report contains audited data from: | ||
| a) companies | Yes | Validation report states that companies were required to submit audited data. |
| b) government | No | |
5. Coverage | ||
| Revenue data includes the following revenue streams: | ||
| a) royalties | Yes | |
| b) taxes | Yes | |
| c) surface, rental or license fees | Yes | |
| d) bonuses | No | |
| e) state-owned enterprise (SOE) payments | N/A | Sierra Leone had no SOE in 2006-07. |
| f) Report covers all extractive sector companies. | Yes | 9/9 reported, including 6 mining companies (1 for diamonds) and 3 dealers/exporters. |
| g) Report states the price of any product received or sold by government. | No | |
| h) Report states the quantity of resources produced. | No | |
6. Discrepancies | ||
| Report contains: | ||
| a) information on the cause of revenue discrepancies. | Yes | |
| b) reconciled data following the correction of discrepancies. | Yes | In many cases, companies did not provide adequate payment verification information during the reconcilliation process. |
7. SOE Revenue Flow | ||
| SOE Revenue Flow data is clearly explained in the report. | N/A | Sierra Leone had no SOE in 2006-07 |
8. Disaggregation | ||
| Report provides financial data on individual: | ||
| a) companies | Yes | Only some company data was disaggregated. |
| b) revenue streams | Yes | |
| c) projects | No | |
| d) commodities | No | |
9. Comprehensibility | ||
| Report contains: | ||
| a) a summary with key findings and revenue totals | Yes | |
| b) clear indication of what currencies and units of measurement are used | Yes | |
| c) written explanation of key findings and recommendations | Yes | |
| d) a clear definition of terms | Yes | |
10. Accessibility | ||
| Report is available: | ||
| a) in at least one official language | Yes | |
| b) on a government website | Yes | |
Related Indicators | ||
| Revenue Watch Index, 2010 | 38.2 | |
| Corruption Perception Index, 2010 | 134/178 | |
| Open Budget Survey, | N/A | |
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