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Liberia is far from out of the woods. Violent crime is rising. Johnson Sirleaf admits to "a capacity problem" in the professional classes, including government. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, so effective in postapartheid South Africa, has seen little of either in Liberia. Property rights remain confused. Concessions granted under...
The Drag of Corruption Most damaging to the president, political scandals are piling up. A hundred cars given to Liberia by Arcelor Mittal in 2008 and intended to improve logistics for government officials found their way into the hands of legislators responsible for approving mining deals. Last year, according to...
Perhaps an even more pressing problem in the context of health reform is the risk of overutilization of services. According to a 2006 report from the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, just the presence of a doctor-owned heart hospital in a community increases the rate of cardiac surgery by...
There is so much that is not known. Would you be willing to have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? We must find out what has happened. The thing is, if you start something, I don't want to dig into the past.
Although the 2,050-mile (3,300 km) pipeline is still at least six years away, officials hailed the "new silk road" for finally bringing some balance to the E.U.'s energy security. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said the Nabucco project "is of crucial importance for Europe...