Available online:http://internationaljournalofresearch.org / P a g e | 397 An Empirical Study of Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Growth in Sierra Leone

The Growth performance for most Sub Sahara African Countries was relatively stable in the 1970s but became volatile in the 1980s and 1990s due to unstable policies and civil unrest. This scenario was the case for Sierra Leone; real GDP in the 1970s was impressive, but unsatisfactory since the 1980s and growth performance in the 1990s was mixed. Given that macroeconomic policies are at the heart of every developing economy to foster growth of output. It is therefore imperative to investigate the macroeconomic policies conducive for the growth of output in the Sierra Leone economy from 1970-2010, within the framework of Error Correction Model (ECM). The study reveals tha