In Liberia, our main obstacle is infrastructure: the lights, the water, the roads. Companies can't operate without those things. And even though we have commitments from our partners, it takes time to turn commitments into cash.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

I don't face any particular problems as a woman president because I have been a professional for a long time. I keep telling people: I am a technocrat who happens to be a woman.

Our entire judicial system in Liberia has broken down because of the many years of lawlessness, indiscipline and warfare. We need more training to get more qualified judges. We need infrastructural reforms. All of our laws need to be re-examined by a law reform commission.

I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.

We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola.

Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe.