Monrovia, Nov. 4 -- The World Bank has released a report that detailed how mining-led growth is not creating enough jobs, and that the country is wallowing into extreme poverty

By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway

The Bank says Liberia's economy is growing faster, but most citizens are not feeling the benefits, stating that extreme poverty has edged up even as national output expands.

At the launch of the seventh Liberia Economic Update, World Bank Country Manager Georgia Wallen described this as the "paradox at the heart of this report": the economy is growing, yet more people are struggling to meet basic needs.

Delivering the report, she began with the good news: Real GDP growth rose to an estimated 5.1 percent in 2025, up from 4 percent the y...