The Liberian government and the World Bank Mission have concluded a week-long meeting geared towards strengthening the public financial management system across spending entities of government.
Speaking at the end of the meeting, Finance and Development Planning Minister, Boima Kamara, commended the bank for helping to strengthen the country’s public financial management system across various spending entities.
AAMinister Kamara also lauded the bank for what he termed as “level of commitment and support”, through capacity building and other financial support to other sectors of the Liberian economy.
According to him, recommendations from the mission visit will be addressed and be implemented to the letter
“As we all gear up to strengthen the public financial management system across the government,” he went on, “we think that will enhance transparency and efficiency across government.”
The minister expressed the need for more engagement and support that will help improve others’ financial systems and sectors across the country.
Kamara disclosed that all the areas highlighted during the bank visit will be addressed and various systems will become functional.
For her part, the Country Manager of the World Bank Liberia, Georgia Wallen, expressed delight with the various engagements between the bank and the Liberian government, including stakeholders.
Also, the Senior Financial Management Specialist at the World Bank, Macdonald Nyazvigo, said their mission visit was successful and well honored as part of team coordination and participation.
According to him, great progress was made also with robust technical assistance from the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.
“When we visited some stakeholders,” he went on, “we were very impressed with progress made and we think we can showcase some of the progress made.”
The concluding meeting was attended by the Boama Kamara, Minister, Finance and Development Planning Minister; The World Bank Country Manager, Ms. Georgia Wallen; Senior Financial Management Specialist. Macdonald Nyazvigo, among others.