Context

After Liberia’s civil war ended, the country continued to face structural impediments to revitalizing its economy.  The lack of basic infrastructure—roads, water and electricity supply—makes it exceedingly difficult to attract private sector investment.  A poorly developed agricultural sector contributes to food insecurity and extreme poverty, particularly among rural dwellers for whom subsistence farming is the principal source of food and income. The presence of huge former combatants who were not yet integrated into the society after many years of isolation on war fronts posted greater challenge.

The intervention

With funding from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), VOSIEDA collaborated with DAI to support social reconciliation, literacy and numeracy training, enterprise development and agribusiness assistance that fostered economic growth and assisted in re-integration of former combatants into the Liberian society.

Key facts

Sector: Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer
Domain: Fragile state and instrument of stability
Benefiting zone: Liberia
Nature:  Action Grant
Duration: 2007-2009
Status: completed