How can you help a country that has little running water, no electricity outside the capital and a system of governance that barely functions? Guest editor Zadie Smith visits Liberia, often described as a "failed-state", to consider what the term means.
To hear the 16 minute BBC program go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7802000/7802768.stm.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Liberia: What Does "Failed State" Mean?
How can you help a country that has little running water, no electricity outside the capital and a system of governance that barely functions? Guest editor Zadie Smith visits Liberia, often described as a "failed-state", to consider what the term means.
To hear the 16 minute BBC program go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7802000/7802768.stm.
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