Liberia sees a second chance

Central Bank of Liberia in Monrovia

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It was 2012. Steve Cashin, chief executive of financial services investment company Pan African Capital Group and director of International Bank Liberia Limited (IBLL), sat in a stuffy conference room in Washington DC with a few of his peers from other banks based in Pakistan and the Caribbean Islands.