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XXXIV TABLES (continued) Page 54 1962 population and school attendance statistics 379 55 Highest grade completed of Government elementary school teachers 380 56 Sessions of grade level taught in public schools in Monrovia (1963) 381 57 Number of schools, students and teachers, by type of school, Liberia, selected years 1944 - 1974 386 58-A School attending population by county and by sex - as covered by the national education survey (1978) 388 58-B School attending population (as covered by the national education survey - 1978) as a percentage of the school age population, by county and by sex 389 59 Student enrolment by sex and by level taught (%) - 1978 389 60-A Number of student by level taught and by management (1978) 391 60-B Number of students by level taught - and by management {%) 391 60-C Number of students by management - and by level taught {%) 391 61 Trained and untrained teachers by management of schools 392 62 <strong>The</strong> creation of educational institutions covered by the 1978 survey 394 63-A Geographical distribution of public roads in Liberia & road density per county (1978) 403 63-B Geographical distribution of public roads in Liberia (in percentages) 1978 404 64 Vehicle fleet and road mileage -1949 - 1978 (selected years) - 406 65 Absolute and relative composition of Liberia's vehicle fleet (1978) 407 66 Size, costs and age of Liberia's railroad system 411 67 Communications - telephone lines & number of subscribers - by county & by town 1977 - 1979 418
XXXV TABLES (continued) 68 Exports and imports as a percentage of G.D.P. 1973 - 1979 432 69 Foreign factor payments 1971 - 1976 438 x # # « # * * * * * # * # # # * *
Page 1 and 2: VEROFFENTLICHUNGEN AUS DEM UBERSEE-
Page 3 and 4: i 1 THE OPEN DOOR POLICY OF LIBERIA
Page 5 and 6: DE.B1CA710N For £IA. Together we s
Page 7 and 8: Vll CHAPTER 3: (continued) Page The
Page 9 and 10: ix CHAPTER 9: THE FORESTRY SECTOR P
Page 11 and 12: Footnotes Annexes Bibliography Inde
Page 13 and 14: xiii National Iron Ore Company, the
Page 15 and 16: XV China at the end of the 19th cen
Page 17 and 18: xvii economically more developed co
Page 19 and 20: XIX blancs, dans le developpement d
Page 21 and 22: XXI des Liberiens de toutes les cla
Page 23 and 24: xxiii DE OPEN DEUR POLITIEK VAN LIB
Page 25 and 26: XXV deze scheiding tussen kustgebie
Page 27 and 28: personeel - niet opgewassen was en
Page 29 and 30: \ I.M.F. i \ INTRUSCO i i j I.T.C.
Page 31 and 32: xxxi LIST OF FIGURES, MAPS, CHARTS
Page 33: TABLES (continued) Page 33 Planned
Page 38 and 39: II century, notably the Open Door P
Page 40 and 41: IV earth in Liberia. It had been th
Page 42 and 43: VI Tubman was very well aware of th
Page 44 and 45: VIII MAP 1
Page 46 and 47: exporters. It has attracted more th
Page 48 and 49: XII the more so, since no comprehen
Page 50 and 51: XIV development of rural Liberia, i
Page 52 and 53: XVI Firestone's financial contribut
Page 54 and 55: XVIII officer who had served in Lib
Page 56 and 57: XX Chapter 11 pays attention to one
Page 59 and 60: CHAPTER 1 THE PEPPER COAST BEFORE 1
Page 61 and 62: -3- "Malagueta Coast" or "Pepper Co
Page 63 and 64: -5- embarrassment towards a (growin
Page 65 and 66: in honor of the 5th President of th
Page 67 and 68: Numerous colonists from the U.S.A.
Page 69 and 70: -11- Figure 1
Page 71 and 72: -13- The'vicious circle started wit
Page 73 and 74: -15- the other - to the disadvantag
Page 75 and 76: -17- Of the colonists notably the A
Page 77 and 78: -19- The closing of the Door: The E
Page 79 and 80: -21- Consequently, both tribal peop
Page 81 and 82: The Roye Administration -23- The te
Page 83 and 84: -25- He also wanted the general edu
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-27- territory Liberia claimed by E
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m -29- The commission created in 18
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-31- re-activating the first conces
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-33- European. Its expense paid Ly
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-35- Treasury and an unfavourable e
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-37- their salaries. The resulting
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-39- Therefore President Howard of
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j -41- :j % One of the recommendati
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-43- twentieth century the Presiden
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-45- The British and French absence
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-47- In December 1923 the first mis
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-49- and he proposed the constructi
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-51- itself, upon acceptance of the
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-53- equal to 4 per cent of the cou
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-55- between the U.S.A. and Liberia
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-57- Government of Liberia agreed w
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-59- The expansion of the governmen
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-61- Another disagreement arose ove
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] -63- J Notes: ? : :i (1) Fireston
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-65- question had never been adequa
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-67- had varied from $ 8 million to
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-69- In order to protect the new co
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-71- capacity of 55,000 tyres, requ
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J -73j :i quantities of dry rubber
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-75- The charge of 3.44 cents per p
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-77- Finance in the 1970's, but owi
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-79- Planting Agreement was in Akro
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-81- on the basis of competitive pr
Page 141 and 142:
-83- with the 7iresione Plantation
Page 143 and 144:
-85- 1. Organization of a national
Page 145 and 146:
-87- However, before he could reali
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-89- operation of the plantation. T
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j -91- i have taxed the portion of
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-93- in 1947, but also entrusted hi
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-95- company's main interest is no
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-97- poration for the period 1963 -
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-99- TABLE 4 LIBERIA COMPANY'S DIVI
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-101- 6 cents per acre had to be pa
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The Port near Greenville -103- Afte
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-105- rubber. Little is known of th
Page 165 and 166:
-107- the management of the company
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j -109- } S taxes or imposts of any
Page 169 and 170:
-111- The concession agreement, wit
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-113- concluded with other foreign
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-115- which is owned by a political
Page 175 and 176:
-117- owners of the concession. The
Page 177 and 178:
-119- eleven persons were: Vice-Pre
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-121- tain rights in cooperation wi
Page 181 and 182:
-123- It is significant that despit
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-125- scribed above., providing suc
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-127- materials, the rights of the
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-129- the possibilities offered by
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I -131- sion, and sales to affiliat
Page 191 and 192:
-133- concession area of 100,000 ac
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-135- such payments out of profit,"
Page 195 and 196:
-137- tually all of these companies
Page 197 and 198:
-139- The 1898 concession agreement
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-141- Normann, from England, which
Page 201 and 202:
-143- to the English "Providence Mi
Page 203 and 204:
-145- the company had in previous y
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-147- of "Globex Minerals (inc.)",
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-149- the excess acreage (38) does
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-151- old Tchien and Gbaepo Distric
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-153- only two of them referred to
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-155- not provide for a price of go
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-157- Meanwhile, the exploration ac
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-159- The excessively liberal terms
Page 219 and 220:
-161- a concession for gold, diamon
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-163- difficulties which had to be
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-165- of 50? and which was of direc
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-167- The concessionaire became exe
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-169- These statements of the two s
Page 229 and 230:
-171- Note that until i960 L.M.C.'s
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-173- salaries to ex-patriate perso
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-175- the - increased - capacity of
Page 235 and 236:
-177- '••:] Sales Agreement bet
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-179- On January 3, 1963 a Memorand
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-181- L.M.C. would have acted in co
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-183- area described as the Bea Mou
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-185- Agreement signed by represent
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-187- geologists, economists and la
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CHRONOLOGY SUMMARIZED HISTORY OF L.
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-191- N.I.O.C. dated January 1, 196
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Year 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
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-195- for further details of the 19
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-197- soon demonstrated by the call
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-199- of 3.2 million long tons in a
Page 259 and 260:
-201- TABLE 10 FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
Page 261 and 262:
-203- achievements were made in spi
Page 263 and 264:
-205- After the change of the name
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-207- to concentrate on the new fin
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-209- one steel factory, in the cou
Page 269 and 270:
-211- The Liberian Government owns
Page 271 and 272:
-213- 1952, legal ownership of abou
Page 273 and 274:
-215- Th is second part of the conc
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-217- one of its sixteen Swedish su
Page 277 and 278:
-219- For these services G.I.M. is
Page 279 and 280:
-221- Prior to 1974 fifty per cent
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-223- depreciation of (capital) equ
Page 283 and 284:
-225- of the revision of the 1960 M
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i -227- 3 prescribing such a review
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-229- But now, having accepted bein
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-231- As a result of this review in
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-233- TABLE 14 FINANCIAL COSTS OF C
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DELIMCO/B.M.C. -235- Long-standing
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-237- equity participation (unlike
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Year 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
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-241- these funds to B.M.C. in the
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-243- negotiations which were held
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-245- S ources: - "Technical Inform
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-247- Prices of sales to affiliated
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S ource: -249- TABLE 17 INVESTMENTS
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-251- due time a mining concession
Page 311 and 312:
-253- The 1967 concession agreement
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-255- Changes of the concession agr
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-257- Some reasons why the Wologisi
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-259- CHAPTER 9 THE FORESTRY SECTOR
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-261- Surveys of Liberia's Forest P
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-263- (see below) repealed the port
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-265- were authorized to issue perm
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-267- TABLE 18 LIBERIA'S NATIONAL F
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-269- The Forestry Development Auth
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-271- TABLE 19 TIMBER CONCESSIONS G
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-273- TABLE 20 PRODUCTION OF TIMBER
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-275- Souree: - Annual Report, Depa
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-277- Attempts To Establish A Natio
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YEAR 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
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-281- As a consequence the export v
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-283- December 31, 1977 Liberia lev
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Botanical Name Category 1 Ent, cyli
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-287- these 33 companies; year of s
Page 347 and 348:
-289- were also the principal share
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-291- alleged corruption involving
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-293- It is important to note here
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CHAPTER 10 -295- FISCAL PERFORMANCE
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-297- expenditures in the period pr
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-299- In these years the debt servi
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-301- TABLE 28-A COMPARATIVE STATEM
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-303- the second half of the 1930's
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-305- first to benefit from this U.
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M -307- •' \ •:i TABLE 30 fSS]
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-309- Government Revenues 1941 - 19
Page 369 and 370:
TABLE 31-B MAIN SOURCES OF DOMESTIC
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-313- situation renders the Treasur
Page 373 and 374:
-315- The trend of public expenditu
Page 375 and 376:
-317- •• \ During the 1950 's t
Page 377 and 378:
-319- $ 117 million were due for re
Page 379 and 380:
-321- In 1943 Liberia and the U.S.A
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Sector -323- TABLE 33 PLANNED EXPEN
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Type of Assistance I. Economic Asst
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THE 1963 - 1978 PERIOD Revenue Perf
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Year 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
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Year 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
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1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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-335- of the Ministry of Finance wh
Page 395 and 396:
-337- Development Planning and Expe
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1.1 Agriculture 2.1 Rural Roads 2.2
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-341- The Plan which was approved b
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-343- "Uhile the performance of the
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-345- TABLE 43 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Page 405 and 406:
-347- The unenvisaged expenditures
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-349- Under the revised Plan total
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1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
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Note: (1) Preliminary figures. Auth
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-355- Bushrod Island; a new bridge
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-357- TABLE 51 U.H. ASSISTANCE TO L
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-359- happened in a haphazard way.
Page 419 and 420:
-361- The (investment) activities o
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-363- '••] the most organized a
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-365- exploited this situation by s
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-367- all offered staff positions o
Page 427 and 428:
-369- allied to the Tolbert clan bu
Page 429 and 430:
-371- history, secrets and traditio
Page 431 and 432:
-373- At the time of the arrival of
Page 433 and 434:
-375- The very few books which inde
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GOVERNMENT. MISSION. PRIVATE. TRIBA
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-379- TABLE 54 1962 POPULATION AND
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-381- about 19,000 were between 5 a
Page 441 and 442:
-383- Liberia College in 1862. Elem
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-385- mark of 70$. This shocking an
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-387- The 1978 National Education S
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-389- TABLE 58-B SCHOOL ATTENDING P
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-391- TABLE 60 A. NUMBER OF STUDENT
Page 451 and 452:
-393- It seems likely that the rela
Page 453 and 454:
-395- Author's research based on th
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CHAPTER 12 -397- TRANSPORTATION AND
Page 457 and 458:
-399- It thus facilitated the immed
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-401- how many people were employed
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTY
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-405- in Liberia was owned, finance
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-407- TABLE 65 ABSOLUTE AND RELATIV
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-409- were politically well covered
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-411- railroad which, with the exce
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-413- the concession sector (LAMCO)
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-415- 5 seater twin-engined Cessna
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-417- Besides, this segment of the
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-419- The telecommunication relay s
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-421- with Germany and hence affect
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-423- :: The 1960 - 1979 Period j F
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-425- with Sierra Leone is less tha
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-427- alarming (see Chapter 10), th
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-429- structural changes and the de
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-431- from roughly one third in 197
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-433- by Fouad Khalifa, a Lebanese,
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-435- The Government indebted itsel
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-437- a very large part of G.D.P. i
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-439- to the distribution of power,
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-441- heard. As early as 1830, but
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-U3- was wrongly thought in those d
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-445- 1962. In the 1950's the triba
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-447- Tubman Estate (66). Interesti
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-449- National Legislature, This de
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-451- The creation of state owned c
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-453- respect to foreign concession
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-455- II. The Government of Liberia
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-457- Most notable among these clau
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-459- ADDENDUM On April 12, 1980, a
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