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Country Commercial Guides for FY 2000: Liberia

Report prepared by U.S. Embassy Monrovia, released July 1999
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CHAPTER IV: MARKETING U.S. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

A. LIST OF MAJOR NEWSPAPERS

THE INQUIRER
NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS,LTD.
(231) 227036

THE NEWS
LIBERIA MEDIA AND MARKETING SERVICES, INC.
(231) 227820

THE PATRIOT
PATRIOT PUBLISHING INC.
A DIVISION OF THE LIBERIA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
(231) 227592

B. SELLING TO THE GOVERNMENT

UNTIL THE LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS INSTITUTED SOUND FISCAL POLICIES, IT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. SOME AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE REPORTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT RELIABLE IN ITS PAYMENTS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.

C. NEED FOR A LOCAL ATTORNEY

INCOMING AMERICAN INVESTORS SHOULD SEEK THE SERVICES OF A LOCAL ATTORNEY TO DEAL WITH LIBERIA'S NONTRANSPARENT, COMPLEX, AND OFTEN CORRUPT LEGAL SYSTEM. A LIST OF LOCAL ATTORNEYS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MONROVIA.

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