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.

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde says, one of the major interventions carryout by the Liberian government in response to economy recovery and becoming middle income state by year 2030, is the creation of the Liberia Revenue Authority.

On behalf of the Government and people of Liberia, Finance and Development Planning Minister, Amara Konneh has extoled the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde and her entourage for a prosperous two days visit to Liberia.

Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh says government remains focus on an aggressive implementation of its road agenda which seeks to connect major cities and capitals, while working to reconstruct dilapidated urban roads across Monrovia and the rural areas.

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will visit Liberia from September 10-11, 2015, to engage with policymakers and other representatives of the Liberian society.

Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh is urging critics of the government to provide the various tangibles that they believed have cumulated into the basis for which they are saying that the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf led government has not achieved anything since its inception.

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.

Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara M. Konneh today hosted a delegation of Arab lenders at the inception of their appraisal mission to Liberia over the proposed financing of the Gbarnga-Mendikorma Highway Construction Project.

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has signed into law the National Budget in the amount of US$622,743,420 (six hundred twenty two million seven hundred forty three thousand four hundred and twenty United States Dollars) for Fiscal Year 2015/2016. 

Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh on behalf of the Liberian Government, today signed a grant agreement for twenty five million United States Dollars with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the construction of municipal water system in the cities of Robertsport, Voinjama and Sanniquellie.

Liberia is to shortly receive in access of 256 million United States dollars from the United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact program, after accomplishing the MCC Compact eligibility threshold following government’s performance on key governance indicators and the successful implementation of a compact threshold program in 2013

Deputy Minister for Budget and Development Planning at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Hon. Tanneh G. Brunson says the promotion of fiscal decentralization remains a major concern for the government.

The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning with support from UNDP has launched a National Implementation Toolkit in Monrovia. The Quick guide Toolkit provides simple steps on the national implementation business processes for use by implementing partners involved in UNDP funded programmes and projects.

Following the submission of the national budget for fiscal year 2015/2016 to the Legislature by the Executive, the Ministry of Finance Development Planning (MFDP) has launched series of budget awareness activities to draw public knowledge of the process and promote public access to the fiscal documents.