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Liberia:
Structural Reforms Loom, as Liberia's Economy on Course
Analyst, 15 April 2013
As head of a high power delegation to the scheduled April 19-21, 2013 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington, USA, Finance Minister Amara Konneh has disclosed that despite the… Read more »
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Liberia:
IMF - 'Liberia Must Make Use of Resources'
Inquirer, 26 March 2013
"Liberia should act quickly to ensure that it has the capacity to manage rising revenues from its natural resources," speakers told a seminar in Monrovia. Participants at the March… Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia's Middle Income Momentum - Ten Economic Commandments
New Dawn, 26 March 2013
Amidst diverse structural constraints, middle income is now the renewed focus of third world countries. This economic phenomenon is characterized by country whose ratio of GDP to… Read more »
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Liberia:
Abolish 'Extreme Poverty'
New Democrat, 4 February 2013
The meeting of the UN High Level Panel (HLP) ended in Monrovia last Friday with the three co-chairs focusing on a new set of international development agenda seeking an end to… Read more »
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Liberia:
Country's Battle to Put the Lights Back On
Guardian Network, 10 February 2012
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015? Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia Maintains Strong Advocacy for Supports to Energy Sector
Heritage, 10 October 2012
Liberia's Finance Minister Amara Konneh knows first-hand what access to electricity can bring to the developing countries, particularly in his post-conflict Liberia where the need… Read more »
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Liberia:
CBL to Continue More Wealth Creation in 2013
New Democrat, 3 January 2013
The Central Bank of Liberia has begun 2013 by unveiling further plans to ensure enhanced wealth creation, which it believes as an undisputable basis for developing a higher… Read more »
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Liberia:
Agenda for Transformation Tag U.S.$Five Billion
New Dawn, 18 December 2012
Liberia's ambitious development program dubbed an Agenda for Transformation has a cost tag of US$5 Billion, Finance Minister Amara Konneh, has disclosed here. Read more »
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Liberia:
Ellen Calls for New Beginning
NEWS, 12 December 2012
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has accentuated the need to redefine the Liberian identity from conflicting narratives of the country's history to narratives of shared value and… Read more »
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Liberia:
Amara Konneh Meets World Bank Officials
New Dawn, 7 May 2013
In a quiet waiting room, Liberia's Finance Minister Amara Konneh was ushered by World Bank staff and seated to await the arrival of senior World Bank officials, including President… Read more »
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Liberia:
World Bank Earmarks U.S.$80 Million for Ganta-Fishtown Highway
Heritage, 29 April 2013
The World Bank has earmarked 80 million United States Dollars to frontload a new infrastructure project in Liberia, the construction of the Ganta-Fishtown Highway. The commitment… Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia's Finance Minister Proposes Doubling IDA Allocation to Fragile States
FrontPageAfrica, 2 May 2013
In a world where conflict abounds, and less than 20 percent of fragile states are challenged to meet poverty targets by 2015, what can be done to help stop conflict, reduce… Read more »