Sierra Leone is the second most impoverished nation on earth, according to UNDP’s Human Development Report of 2006. This desperate level of poverty and the dominance of the agricultural sector suggest a socio-economic entry point for future local development. In this post-conflict country about twothirds of the population exist, mostly at subsistence level. Within the local development paradigm, this programme therefore seeks to intervene in order to enhance the prospects for local economic development. The rural-urban linkage will be a key feature, hence the selection of both Kenema district and town councils. This recognises the crucial importance of the regional market centre within a nation. Raising local economic activity and resulting increases in enterprise and household income will allow for improved local government revenues and consequent improvements in local services