Liberia: The Resource Curse! —Sirleaf Challenges a Century-Old Concession Model to Finally Break the Cycle

Oct 9, 2026 | William Q. Harmon and David A. Yates
Observer
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Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reopened one of the country’s oldest and most consequential economic debates—why a country endowed with extraordinary natural resources has struggled for generations to convert that wealth into broad-based prosperity.