Economic Inequalities in Liberia

Economic Inequalities in Liberia

Introduction

Liberia is undergoing a process of complete reconstruction, from ministries to the judiciary, the army and police, crippled by mismanagement and corruption. At the same time, try to put in place an economy that produces only since the beginning of the civil war in 1989. And above all, try to ensure peace and coexistence it's just over three million, divided into 18 ethnic groups. Social inequality and exclusion of the majority of the population by the offspring of the minority Americo-Liberians (five hundred approximately) are behind the civil war as well as the struggle for control of the country's resources: rubber wood and mainly diamond. This enormous task is in the hands of Ellen as Liberians call its president, and 15,000 UNMIL peacekeepers (UN Mission in Liberia). Also in the myriad of international organizations and NGOs in Liberia, health, infrastructure, refugee assistance, child care ... The repertoire is endless and the population knows their abbreviations (Cederman, et. al., 2013). Humanitarian organizations have become the main source of population assistance and employ a significant number of nationals.

Discussion

Economic Inequalities

The UN is present in almost all of its agencies. Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are participating in a new approach to humanitarian action group (cluster approach) , in order to increase their effectiveness. The balance of the war was devastating: 250,000 direct victims, about 500,000 IDPs and nearly one million refugees, mostly in its unstable neighbors, Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast, infected differently by the Liberian conflict. During the fighting of 2003, the population that had not fled sought refuge in Monrovia. According to the UN Program for Development (UNDP), the capital has increased from 450,000 in 1989 to over a million in 2003. In the city center there burned buildings still occupied by those who came for shelter. The rest of the country, especially the north and east, was uninhabited. Rural communities and agricultural land were abandoned. Before the war, two-thirds of the population living on subsistence farming (Kuhn & Weidmann, 2013).

he three groups involved in the second period of the war (1997-2003), Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), Movement for Democracy in Liberia (Model) and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), led by Charles Taylor, destroyed roads, bridges, the largest hydroelectric and other power plants. One of the first promises of Johnson-Sirleaf was to bring electricity and water to the capital. The July 26, 2006, independence day, some lamps lit on a few streets and the water came to a neighborhood. But Monrovia is still a city without electricity or running water, no sanitation networks without garbage collection systems. The population has suffered a radical decline in their standard of living. A 99 percent use traditional fuels such as coal, wood or oil palm. Only 26 percent of Liberians have access to safe drinking water, which is less than five per cent in rural communities.

Liberia is one of the few countries in the world where human ...