Liberia’s Wage “Harmonization”: A Policy That Punished Government Workers

By: Nicholas D. Nimley There is no recent public policy in Liberian history that has generated as much quiet suffering as the 2019 Wage Harmonization Act enacted under the CDC administration.  Branded as a reform to standardize public sector salaries, the policy instead became a blunt instrument that reduced incomes, deepened financial hardship, and eroded … The post Liberia’s Wage “Harmonization”: A Policy That Punished Government Workers appeared first on Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news.


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