Chiefs, money and politicians: rebuilding local government in post-war Sierra Leone<FNR></FNR> This article is the result of work carried out by the author for DFID and for the World Bank on decentralisation and fiscal decentralisation within Sierra Leone in 2003 and 2004. The author is grateful to the anonymous reviewers for interesting comments and also to colleagues in the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham for earlier guidance. - Jackson, Paul (Public Administration & Development, 2005)