UID:
almafu_9959234326002883
Format:
1 online resource (190 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-62100-318-3
Series Statement:
African political, economic, and security issues
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Intro -- LIBERIA: DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES -- LIBERIA: DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 LIBERIA'S POST-WAR DEVELOPMENT: KEY ISSUES AND U.S. ASSISTANCE -- SUMMARY -- RECENT AND ON-GOING DEVELOPMENTS -- U.S. TIES -- BACKGROUND -- U.N. Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) -- Current Strength -- Drawdown -- Sexual Exploitation and Abuse -- TRANSITION PROCESS -- 2005 Post-War Elections -- Conduct of Elections26 -- 2005 Election Dispute -- Subsequent Elections29 -- SIRLEAF GOVERNMENT -- Policy Agenda -- Economic Renewal -- Governance -- Foreign Policy -- Women -- Corruption -- Performance -- Sirleaf Administration: Criticisms and Challenges -- SECURITY ISSUES -- Security Conditions -- Rubber Sector Reform -- Security Sector Reform -- New Military Created -- Defense Sector Reform and the AFL: Current Issues and Challenges -- SECTOR REFORM: CHALLENGES OF BALANCING FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR AND NATIONAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITY -- Coast Guard96 -- National Guard State Partnership Program -- Other Defense Cooperation -- Police and Justice Sector Assistance -- Special Security Service -- HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS -- Health Issues -- AIDS -- GOVERNANCE: BACKGROUND -- Transitional Government -- Post-NTGL Corruption Trials -- Concession Deals -- New Contracts -- NTGL Anti-Corruption Efforts -- KEY GOVERNANCE ISSUES -- Anti-Corruption Efforts under Sirleaf -- Forestry Sector -- Diamonds -- GEMAP -- Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) -- LEGISLATIVE BRANCH -- U.S. Legislative Assistance -- Congressional Role -- WAR CRIMES, HUMAN RIGHTS CASES, AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE -- Taylor Trial -- Trial Venue -- Sirleaf Administration Role -- SCSL: U.S. Views and Assistance -- Transitional Justice in Liberia -- Potential for War Crimes Tribunal in Liberia -- Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Cases against "Chuckie" Taylor.
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U.S. RELATIONS -- 111th Congress -- Appropriations -- Immigration -- Other Bills -- 110th Congress -- Immigration Issues -- U.S. Assistance Summary -- Development Assistance and Related Bilateral Cooperation227 -- Millennium Challenge Corporation -- Peace Corps -- Trade Benefits -- Economic Cooperation and Investment -- Air and Communications Links -- Debt Relief, Donor Cooperation, and Related Issues -- U.S. Assistance Levels -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 BACKGROUND NOTE: LIBERIA -- PROFILE -- Geography -- People -- Government -- Economy -- People -- History -- Government and Political Conditions -- Economy -- Foreign Relations -- U.S.-Liberia Relations -- Chapter 3 ASSESSMENT OF BIOMASS RESOURCES IN LIBERIA -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- UNITS OF MEASURE -- Glossary of Plant Names -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Project Objectives and Approach -- AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES -- Overview of Agricultural Sector -- Food Crop Residues -- Caveats -- Cash Crop Residues -- Animal Manure -- FOREST RESOURCES -- Overview of Forestry Sector -- URBAN RESOURCES -- POTENTIAL BIOMASS RESOURCES -- Caveats -- SOCIO-ECONOM IC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF BIOMASS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN LIBERIA -- Socio-Economic Implications -- Environmental Implications -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A. ESTIMATING FOOD CROP RESIDUES BY COUNTY -- APPENDIX B. ESTIMATING CASH CROP RESIDUES BY COUNTY -- APPENDIX C. ESTIMATING FOREST RESIDUES BY COUNTY -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-61209-396-5
Language:
English
