Corridors, Concessions, and the Extraction of Natural Resources in Liberia

Authors

  • Emmanuel K. Urey University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Abstract

This article is a critique of the "open door" development policy promoted by the Liberian government after World War II, and shows the environmental and social impact of state reliance on foreign direct investment.

Author Biography

Emmanuel K. Urey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Emmanuel K. Urey is a PhD student at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on rural livelihoods, and health, culture, sustainable development, environmental issues, the management of common property, land tenure and dispute resolutions, impacts of large-scale concessions on rural people as well as environmental and social justice issues. He is a co-winner of the 2014 Wisconsin Without Borders Global Scholarship Award. He recently published an article on mongabay.com on the environmental causes of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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Published

2015-05-06

Issue

2015

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2015 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Emmanuel K. Urey