This Sierra Leone country report reviews the implementation of the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations, two years after the Principles were endorsed by ministers of the OECD Development Assistance Committee's 23 member countries in 2007. It also aims to identify priority areas to improve the collective impact of international engagement. It is based on a national consultation attended by a broad cross section of senior representatives from the international community, civil society and national govern ment, including the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Information and Communications. It provided an important opportunity for direct feedback from civil society and district governments to their national executive. Perhaps because intervention to end the civil war began with decisive military and political action, major donors have from the beginning addressed themselves to the task of creating a viable state in Sierra Leone: overall, international engagement is consistent with the Fragile States Principles. For example, the donor community is well aware of Sierra Leone's historical and present "context as the starting point" (principle 1), and is sensitive to the challenges raised by this still fragile situation and the donor community acts responsibly in "doing no harm" (principle 2), except when it comes to distorting local labour markets. However, the progress made in drafting strategy papers has not yet generated a feeling of progress on the ground; the significant progress made by donors towards better "aligning with local priorities" (principle 7) remains insufficient and reducing the number of uncoordinated projects could help donors "focus on statebuilding as the central objective" (principle 3).