Monrovia, Liberia - Vice President Ambassador Joseph N. Boakai has lauded Finance and Development Planning Minister, Amara M. Konneh for exemplifying a great leadership in spearheading activities at the Ministry.

The governments of Liberia and the United States of America have signed a landmark agreement through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to support key energy and road infrastructure projects in the amount of 257 million US dollars. Photo: Steve Ruark

Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Amara M. Konneh has challenged African Governments to explore alternative means of resource mobilization for enhanced economic growth in the wake of shrinking concessional financing from multilateral institutions

The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Hon. Amara M. Konneh, at the head of a high-powered Liberian Government delegation, is in Lima, Peru to attend the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Government of Liberia, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed a financing agreement of US$11.4.000 million and US$1 Million to support the Liberian Electoral Cycle in fulfillment

Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Honorable Amara M. Konneh has outlined accelerated progress made towards the country’s security sector in anticipation of taking over from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has approved the amount of $256.7 million as the final cost of U.S. Grant to Liberia under the Millennium Challenge Compact program. The grant was approved during the MCC Board’s annual meeting held on 17 September 2015 in Washington D.C. The meeting was chaired by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Finance and Development Planning Minister, Amara Konneh says, the Government of Liberia (GoL) is making all efforts to take full responsibility of national security in the wake of UNMIL drawdown.