With the 1989-2003 civil war in Liberia, resulting in GDP per capita refuse unprecedented 90 percent from peak to trough. The roots of the conflict in Liberia and the economic downturn are complex and intertwined, drawing on more than a century of discriminatory rules and elite stranded in ethnic politics during the military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government to restore the primary goal, again opened the country to foreign investors, and the impetus for a small economy. But the business model of the country can unsettle its political stability. As Africa's first democratically elected female head of state and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf goes into her campaign for re-election, it must decide how to keep the country on its fragile but fast recovery, sowing the seeds of peace and prosperity, and not return to conflict. "Hide
by Eric Werker, Jasmina Beganovic Source: Harvard Business School 17 pages. Publication Date: September 8, 2011. Prod. #: 712011-PDF-ENG
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