4.4 - Liberia

Question 1

Liberia A Changed Country?

Answer 1

Chlorinated handwash
Adverts on city walls
School open, people can eat
New hygience regulations in hospitals - washing hands, no sharing beds
Rubbish destroyed in incinerators and disinfectant

Question 2

But?

Answer 2

Will hospitals continue once aid ends?
What about breadwinners dying - poverty for families?
5000 orphaned children
Child labour is rising - teenage pregnancies have spiked
Airlines haven’t returned (e.g. Air France)

Question 3

West African Intervention

Answer 3

Deemed to be successful

Question 4

Liberia

Answer 4

West African Country - Population of around 5 million
14 year civil war ended in 2003 - country lost 90% if GDP
4th/5th poorest country in the world
83% of the population living in poverty
Ellen Johnson (US economist) became Africa’s first elected female president

Question 5

Liberia’s Aid

Answer 5

Liberia is dependant on international development aid
550 organisations working in Liberia on different projects
Some large scale infrastructure projects directed and published aby international aid organisation
Aid directed/co-ordinated by different ministries
Some aid agencies work around ministries to deliver aid-little oversight or co-ordination.

Question 6

Liberia Info

Answer 6

Although receiving mass amounts of aid, economic inequalities have increased and the Liberian population are not happy

Question 7

Liberia Facts

Answer 7

Foreign aid makes up around a third of liberias GNI
Gov spending on health, 5m a year budget, reducing mortality rate from 182 to 70/1000
44m education bduget, but 37m goes to salaries
USAID 34m on education but no coordination with gov so 34% female illiteracy
High levels of corruption, 70% businesses have been asked for bribes
UNequal aid impacts USAID concenrtates in NE - the only majorly urban area