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• Total population (2006): 3,579,000
• Gross national income per capita (2006-PPP international $): 260
• Income share held by lowest 20% (2004): n.a
• Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 43/46 (2006)
• Rural population (% of total population) (2007): 41
• Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (2005): 66
• Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 235 (2006)
• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 5.6
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$ million) (2007): 2,139

(Sources: WHO. UNEP, UNICEF, World Bank)

Information from HLTF agencies

IMF

• Use IMF data mapper to get an insight into Liberia’s economic outlook, including key facts on demography, economy and balance of payments. Read more at: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php
• To know more about most recent Liberia’s transactions with the IMF, read: http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/extrans1.aspx?memberKey1=600&endD...
• Along with fully restoring Liberia’s IMF status in 2008, the IMF supported the country through three-year PRGF arrangement in its post-war recovery, including recovering from high food and fuel prices in 2008. To know more, see: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2008/pr08340.htm

UN

• See how UN Country Coordination profile by Theme Groups in Liberia at: http://www.undg.org/unct.cfm?module=CoordinationProfile&page=Country&Cou...
• Read about the joint Government-UN programme on food security and nutrition at:
  http://www.undg.org/unct.cfm?module=JointProgramme&page=JointProgrammeVi...

OECD

• Aid by sector at a glance in Liberia:
  Read more at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/63/39/1878285.gif
• Donor coordination in Liberia: read more of the OECD 2008 survey to monitor Paris declaration. Liberia country chapter at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/37/42243397.pdf
• Gender in Liberia: http://genderindex.org/country/liberia
• See also Liberia recent economic developments and other highlights from the African Economic Outlook at:
  http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/countries/west-africa/liberia/
• Read Liberia country case study at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/53/40578137.pdf
• More information on regional dynamics in West Africa through the Sahel and West Africa Club webpage:
  http://www.oecd.org/document/15/0,3343,en_38233741_38247095_42529807_1_1...

DESA

• Population ageing outlook from DESA: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldageing19502050/pdf/12...
• See wall chart on Rural Population, Development and the Environment that displays country-based information on various aspects of population, including changes in rural populations and their relationship with development and the environment
  http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_PopDevt/Rural_2007.pdf
• Liberia and gender: women carry the bucket of food security … http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/media/POWW08_fig_chapter3.pdf

WHO

• More statistics on health, child mortality, water access and sanitation at WHO:
  http://www.who.int/countries/lbr/en/

UNDP

• Latest Human Development Fact Sheet for Liberia by UNDP at: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_LB...
• Read 2008 country report on Liberia and MDGs at:
  http://www.unliberia.org/doc/Liberia_MDG_Report_2008.pdf
• UNDP strategy in Liberia focuses on several pillars: http://www.lr.undp.org/

UN special adviser on MDGs

• MDG Monitor tracks Liberia’s performance on achieving the MDGs. What about eradication of poverty and hunger?
  Read more at: http://www.mdgmonitor.org/factsheets_00.cfm?c=LIB&cd=

UNOHRLLS

• Country profile at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/orphan/100/

UNDPKO

• The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established by Security Council resolution 1509 in 2003 with a mandate up to September 2009 to basically support for Implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement and support in humanitarian and human rights assistance. For more background of the mission in the country please have a look at: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unmil/background.html

UNCTAD

• UNCTAD country fact sheets contain selected indicators about FDI in Liberia. Read more at http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=1
• Commodity price statistics provide monthly free-market prices and price indices starting in January 1960 for selected commodities that concern commodity-dependent countries. Restricted area at: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1889&lang=1

WB

• Get more on World Bank’s engagement in Liberia at:
  www.worldbank.org/liberia
• To have an insight into remittances in Liberia, have a look at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1199807...
• To look at Bank’s response to the Food Crisis in Liberia, please follow the link:
  http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21784382~men...
• Or use the following to get an update on project status in Liberia:
  http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/foodprices/pdf/GFRPProjectStatus.pdf

FAO

• Liberia country profile, including maps on land use, farming systems etc. at: http://www.fao.org/countryProfiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=LBR
• FAO also provides local food price data by country at the following address: http://www.fao.org/giews/pricetool/
• FAO response to food crisis in Liberia, also based on an Inter-Agency Mission at: http://www.fao.org/isfp/country-information/liberia/en/

WFP

• Liberia comprehensive food security and nutrition survey form 2006 at:
  http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp095493.pdf
• The impact of high food prices on food security in Liberia (2008 study):
  http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp190461.pdf
• To have a quick glimpse at hunger hotspots in the country and WFP response to food insecurity, have a look at Liberia country page: http://www.wfp.org/countries/liberia

UNHCR

• Refugees, asylum-seeking people and IDPs in Liberia. Have a look at the most recent statistics from UNCHR
  http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e484936
  and: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c4d6.html
• For more info on Liberia through UNCHR network please visit:
  http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country/456d621e2/LBR.html

OCHA

• 2008 Liberia critical humanitarian gaps at: http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitarianappeal/webpage.asp?MenuID=12170&Pag...
• See how OCHA tracks funding requirements and contributions through the Financial Tracking Service (FTS) on
  http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx?page=search-reporting_display&CQ...

UNICEF

• Nutritional facts and basic statistics on Liberia with a focus on issues facing children in the country
  http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/liberia.html
• Use UNICEF dataset for statistics and monitoring to generate your own charts on variables of your interest in child malnutrition in Liberia (in context) by using:
  http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_step1.php

UNEP

• Consult Africa Atlas on “Our changing environment” and see how UNEP is tracking MDG 7 on environmental sustainability at http://www.unep.org/dewa/Africa/AfricaAtlas/