In its wake, recent development discourse in Liberia has focused on the concept of pro-poor development policy. However, there are many schools of thought on pro-poor policy, and this article attempts to situate these ideas within the Liberian context. ConclusionsAs the Liberian society is presently constructed, there are structural, institutional, and psychological obstacles to developing and implementing pro-poor policies. To overcome these structural, institutional and psychosocial obstacles, pro-poor policy development must not utilize top-down approaches, but rather a bottom-up methods. Importantly, for pro-poor policy to gain stronger roots in Liberia, the agricultural and industrial sectors will need to be improved and expanded considerably.

Source: Front Page Africa January 29, 2018 00:56 UTC