Category: Political Economy

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Wizard dribbler and master schemer, George Weah, is still dribbling Liberia’s corruption’s fight: an analysis of Liberia’s back-to-back investigation of the USD25m Mop-Up exercise              

Originally Published under a pseudonym – in June 2019 No one doubts that President George Weah is a master dribbler. He has the medals to show for this claim. And in the political realm, master dribbler Weah has also exhibited quite some dribbling skills on the likes of Brumskine, Tubman and Sirleaf. In politics, however, a dribbler is view quite unfavorably, more as a schemer. And

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The IMF is just about to learn a new economic theory from Liberia: the theory of the leaking bucket

Originally Published under a pseudonym -in July 2019 President George Weah and his merry band of hustlers currently running the show in Liberia are a band in a hurry: hurry to bring overnight development to Liberia; at least that’s the official line.  They’ve been crisscrossing the globe, from Brussels to Beirut, from Singapore to Beijing, in search of easy and fast cash. Liberians already know a

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The Plain Truth About the Liberian Economy – An Outsider Perspective

Originally Published in January 2017 By Wonderr Koryenen Freeman, Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia As the Liberian dollar (LRD) exchange rate inches to 90:1 against the US Dollar, and prices quoted in Liberian dollars continue to rise, tempers are flaring as to what is wrong and who is not doing his job. Unfortunately however, as the leaders and the public seek answers on the state of the economy,

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Sorry PATEL, fixing the Liberian economy still has to be done the old fashion way!

Originally Published in April 2018 By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia Members of a hitherto unknown group, the Patriotic Entrepreneurs of Liberia (PATEL), in February of 2017 made quite a name for themselves when they shut Monrovia down over three days. Overnight, the group became important enough to hold talks with the Government of Liberia (GOL). Holding talks is a political issue, and it can

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The case for a comprehensive law on political parties’ funding revisited

The idea of public funding of political parties is already well established in many vibrant democratic nations around the world. For example, it’s done in South Africa, England, Germany, the Netherlands and in most of Europe. Other places where it is done include the Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Canada, and most of Latin America

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Retrospecting on the many missed opportunities of the Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI)

Unfortunately however, such was not the case with the PSDI. The PSDI loan initiative was implemented the “Liberian way”. James Kollie and friends, shared the information by word of mouth, became designers, players and referees all at the same time. Instead of promoting genuine SMEs, we saw loads of fly-by-night “holding companies” selling “mineral water”.

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