1 in 3 children under the age of 5 are stunted and Covid19 has uncovered a festering rape culture in Liberia. The current state of Liberia is an unwritten death sentence that has ushered in collective paralysis. Human capital gains are directly correlated with economic growth and there’s no counterfactual to prove otherwise. Our governments have never prioritized human capital as an economic strategy for real transformation to lift millions of our people out of excruciating poverty. Just as in the investment world long-term investments require patient capital, Liberia requires patient capital, patient people, patient politics, patient democracy, and patient opposition.

Source: Front Page Africa October 05, 2020 10:41 UTC