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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Liberia</title>
	
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	<description>Global Development: Views from the Center features posts from Nancy Birdsall and her colleagues at the Center for Global Development about innovative, practical policy responses to poverty and inequality in an ever-more globalized world.</description>
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		<title>In Celebration of This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/10/in-celebration-of-this-year%e2%80%99s-nobel-peace-prize.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - I was delighted to learn this morning that the Nobel Committee awarded this year’s peace prize to not one but three highly effective female leaders: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and rights activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. Among the three recipients, I’m proud to have had the opportunity to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia’s Debt Relief Party</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/07/liberia%e2%80%99s-debt-relief-party.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Leo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=4248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ben Leo - This week, Liberians celebrated in the streets – faces painted, drums blaring, and dancing with abandon.  They’re not rejoicing over some recent triumph by the Liberian soccer team or a local festival.  The streets of Monrovia were overflowing because of debt relief.  That’s right, debt relief.  On Tuesday, Liberia secured nearly $5 billion in irrevocable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CGD’s Steve Radelet Testifies on U.S. Assistance to Africa and Calls for Reform</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/cgds-steve-radelet-testifies-on-us-assistance-to-africa-and-calls-for-reform.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/cgds-steve-radelet-testifies-on-us-assistance-to-africa-and-calls-for-reform.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Jane Staats</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sarah Jane Staats - The global economic crisis presents a challenge and an opportunity to do better with U.S. assistance to Africa said CGD senior fellow Steve Radelet in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health last week. Not surprisingly, doing better in Africa requires the same steps towards broad U.S. foreign assistance reform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia Cuts its Debt with $1.2 Billion Buy-Back at 97 Percent Discount</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/liberia-cuts-its-debt-with-12-billion-buy-back-at-97-percent-discount.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2009/04/liberia-cuts-its-debt-with-12-billion-buy-back-at-97-percent-discount.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - In a huge step forward, this week Liberia slashed its foreign debt by buying back $1.2 billion in commercial debt &#8212; about one-quarter of its foreign debt &#8212; from its private foreign creditors, including banks, hedge funds, and other “distressed debt” investment funds. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced today that the Government had purchased the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Sharing Apply to Development?  Yup!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/05/does-sharing-apply-to-developm.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/05/does-sharing-apply-to-developm.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Witzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration and Labor Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Witzel - does sharing and openness really matter for development?  Based on insights from the speakers and the audience, it turns out the answer is “yes”]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing as a Development Strategy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/05/sharing-as-a-development-strat.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/05/sharing-as-a-development-strat.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Witzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration and Labor Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Witzel - Scott McNealy is Chairman of Sun Microsystems a company he co-founded in 1982. He is a fierce competitor in business and in a hockey rink. He can be abrasive and outspoken explaining that &#8220;diplomacy has never been my middle name.&#8221; He is an avowed capitalist and self-proclaimed libertarian. Nonetheless, his bio page says he&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia is Moving Forward and Here’s Your Chance to Participate</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/04/liberia-is-moving-forward-and.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2008/04/liberia-is-moving-forward-and.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - Exciting things happening in Liberia right now, especially at the Ministry of Finance. I am pleased to announce the Liberian Minister of Finance, Dr. Antoinette Sayeh, will be speaking at a CGD event later this month. Minister Sayeh will offer an overview of recent developments in Liberia covering debt relief, Liberia&#8217;s Poverty Reduction Strategy, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Announces Financing For Liberia’s Debt Relief: A Good Start</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/11/imf-announces-financing-for-li.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/11/imf-announces-financing-for-li.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - Good news! The IMF has finally moved forward on Liberian debt relief. Yesterday&#8217;s IMF announcement that it has agreed on the necessary financing was a strong endorsement by the international community of Liberia&#8217;s progress under its new government. It took more than a year of pushing and prodding, but Liberia now can formally begin the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Liberia Africa’s New Diamond Success Story?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/04/is-liberia-africas-new-diamond.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/04/is-liberia-africas-new-diamond.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fragile States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration and Labor Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security and Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weak and Fragile States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Administrator - The UN Security Council has lifted its ban on diamond exports in Liberia, on the grounds that the post-conflict country has made significant progress in establishing necessary internal controls to comply with the Kimberley Process&#8211;a mechanism intended to keep blood diamonds off world markets and to ensure that all diamonds exported are certified. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: A Few Good Women and Men for the Scott Family Liberia Fellows</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/03/wanted-a-few-good-women-and-me.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2007/03/wanted-a-few-good-women-and-me.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Radelet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cgdwptemp.forumone.com/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Radelet - Want a challenge? Here is your chance &#8212; or a chance for someone you know &#8212; to get directly involved in helping a key African country get back on its feet after years of civil war and incompetent management. Liberia’s civil war killed over 270,000 people, destroyed basic infrastructure, and left the country in ruins. [...]]]></description>
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