Liberia: All Hands On Deck to Ensure the Nation Stays Afloat!

Current and ongoing developments in the country suggest the need for critical engagement with this government to prevent the economic collapse that critics of this government suggest is imminent, given the continued depreciation of the Liberian dollar against the US dollar. The recently concluded National Economic Dialogue was considered a forward step in that direction but the implementation of its recommendations is apparently proving to be an uphill challenge.

The nation is beginning to see a wave of strike actions by public sector workers protesting against falling real income, which has since been exacerbated by the wage cuts imposed recently as part of measures to revive the economy. This newspaper is not unaware that IMF imposed austerity measures which mean cuts in social spending have often caused riots and strikes in other countries and there is no telling that such could not occur here.

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