On September 27–28, 2025, the Government of Liberia hosted a conference with Liberians in the diaspora to explore ways of boosting investment. A citizen ownership modelImagine an international company wants to open a gold mine in Liberia, requiring an investment of fifty million dollars (US$50,000,000). Yet this was the kind of project where a citizen ownership model could have been applied. Safeguards against mismanagementFor a citizen ownership model to succeed, safeguards must be uncompromising. A citizen ownership model would complement government reforms by making Liberians wealth creators, not bystanders.