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	<title>ONE &#187; Liberia</title>
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		<title>Aid makes an impact</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/08/14/aid-makes-an-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/08/14/aid-makes-an-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Arsenault</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clinton in Africa 2009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While at a press conference with Secretary Clinton on Wednesday, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf—the first democratically elected female President in Africa—noted the importance of U.S. aid to her country. In response to a reporter&#8217;s question (directed towards Secretary Clinton) about the effectiveness of U.S. aid, Sirleaf remarked:
&#8220;Secretary Clinton, let me not let that impression go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Clinton to Visit Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/28/secretary-clinton-to-visit-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/28/secretary-clinton-to-visit-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Department has announced that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will “travel to Africa next week on a seven-nation tour aimed at highlighting the Obama administration&#8217;s commitment to the continent.”  Clinton plans to visit 7 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Liberia and Cape Verde.
You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia Slashes its Debt with Historic Buyback Deal!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/16/liberia-slashes-its-debt-with-historic-buyback-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/16/liberia-slashes-its-debt-with-historic-buyback-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberia bought back $1.2 billion in debt today at a 97% discount, &#8220;the steepest ever negotiated on developing country commercial debt.&#8221;
From the World Bank:
&#8220;The deal was concluded with the payment of $38 million to retire 25 outstanding commercial claims. The World Bank contributed half of this money through the International Development Association (IDA) Debt Reduction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: Aid is working</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/09/president-ellen-johnson-sirleaf-aid-is-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/09/president-ellen-johnson-sirleaf-aid-is-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy McKiernan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dead Aid is Dead Wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Washington Post is running a great op-ed by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia. In the piece, the President talks about how the financial crisis threatens Africa’s turnaround and she also weighs in on how development assistance – along with stronger African leadership and better governance &#8212; has contributed to important progress in Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Summit Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/10/17/un-summit-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/10/17/un-summit-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Drummond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki Moon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Food Crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I should share some inside skinny on the week we spent in New York September 22-26 at the UN&#8217;s special summit on the Millennium Development Goals.  We went there to try to attract some attention to &#8211; indeed celebrate &#8211; the efforts against extreme poverty in recent years, and to call for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow the Money! Where Will Liberia&#8217;s Debt Relief Go?</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/20/follow-the-where-will-liberias-debt-relief-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/20/follow-the-where-will-liberias-debt-relief-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Lozman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF Debt Relief for Liberia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you again for all the work you all have done to help move Liberia&#8217;s debt cancellation forward. There have been some questions about the future use of this debt cancellation money. I want to provide with you some facts and figures. 
First, in order to qualify for the HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) debt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Acknowledges Emails&#8217; Role in Liberia Debt Relief!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/15/imf-acknowledges-emails-role-in-liberia-debt-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/15/imf-acknowledges-emails-role-in-liberia-debt-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF Debt Relief for Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jubilee USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Steve Radelet reported here on the ONE Blog on Monday, after a 18 month delay, the IMF is finally moving ahead with debt relief for Liberia!  
Yesterday, the director of the IMF&#8217;s External Relations Department issued a statement::
&#8220;We have received a large volume of emails on this topic, so this letter is being [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>241</slash:comments>
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		<title>Good News on Liberia!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/12/good-news-on-liberia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/12/good-news-on-liberia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF Debt Relief for Liberia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all,
The IMF has finally come up with its financing arrangements, after 18 months of pushing and prodding. This is not yet debt relief – it just allows Liberia to now (!!) start the process. But is the big first step.
Thanks to all. You folks really were a big piece of this. It is amazing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia President To Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/10/30/liberia-president-to-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/10/30/liberia-president-to-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF Debt Relief for Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, President George W. Bush announced the 2007 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation&#8217;s highest civil award. 
Among the 7 recipients is Liberia&#8217;s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
From the White House&#8217;s press release:

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has helped heal a country torn apart by conflict through perseverance, personal courage, and an unwavering commitment to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Take Action: Tell the IMF to Act on Liberia Debt</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/10/23/take-action-tell-the-imf-to-act-on-liberia-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/10/23/take-action-tell-the-imf-to-act-on-liberia-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Peck, ONE.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Cancellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF Debt Relief for Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We often use our voices to tell our elected officials to support anti-global poverty legislation that is months or even years in the making. But today is different. Today we can take action on a critical international situation ripped from the headlines.
As the Financial Times reports:
The International Monetary Fund faced harsh criticism on Thursday for [...]]]></description>
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