James Dorbor Na-kulah Sao, Sr. is a public sector professional, with years of experience in both the public and private sectors. As Assistant Minister for Economic Policy, Macroeconomic and Financial Sector Division, he is responsible for formulating and evaluating economic policies that inform the country’s economic transformation agenda.
Experience & Contribution to Society Minister Sao has taught in higher educational institutions, particularly in the Business and Public Administration College at Cuttington University Undergraduate Program for over four years as a Lecturer. While at Cuttington, he served in other positions, including Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Administration, Manager Seth C. Edwards Multipurpose Cafeteria, and Director for Procurement and Supply Services.
At the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister. Sao served as Director for Communication, responsible for imaging and communicating the activities of the Ministry and its projects under the PMU. Hon. Sao also worked at the Central Agricultural Research Institute as Head for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation before joining the PMU IFAD Tree Crop Extension Project as Communication Specialist. In the position as head of Planning and M&E, he was responsible for planning all research activities with the scientists, monitoring the implementation and carry out the periodic evaluation, and made recommendations to management.
He is the Board Chair for the New Life Foundation High School in Phebe Bong County, Secretary-General for Alpha Phi Alpha Eta Epsilon Lamda Chapter, an Elder in the Temple of Praise Bethel World International Ministries-Phebe Branch, a farmer with so much interest in investing in the soil, teacher, mentor, father-married with three children and the CEO for the Bong Communication Service Inc. He has several years of work experience with NGOs, Including ACF, Catholic Relief Services, CARITAS-Gbarnga, Oxfam GB, to name a few.
Currently, Honorable Sao is the President of the Alumni Association of Phebe Community Lutheran High School. He has been involved with policy formulation processes at most of the institutions he worked for, which economically benefited those institutions.
Minister Barcon Vah, Assistant Minister for External Resources and Debt Management of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. My core responsibilities are to coordinates all aid and debt-related matters: Driving the establishment of effective policies and procedures for the management of donor funding in Liberia, increasing the coherence of aid mobilization, negotiating and coordinating frameworks necessary for effective debt management and aid flow to Liberia in line with internationally accepted best practices.
I am a devoted public servant and a politician with 15 years of experience in the public sector.
In 2006 – 2013, I served as Senior Revenue An analyst in the office of the Commissioner of Revenue, and later became Auditor, Audit Supervisor, Senior Inspector, and Revenue Agent in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of finance 2014 – 2017, Senior Revenue Agent, and later Senior Compliance Officer, Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA).
International FunctionRepresented the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning at the G7+ High-Level Ministerial Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal; and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) High-Level Meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
Educational BackgroundAssistant Minister Vah, MSc Candidate in Financial Management Services at the University of Saltford, UK; ongoing program and he Holds Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) Degree in Accounting from the University of Liberia and Associate Degree (AA) in Economics.
.The Department of Economic Management is responsible for formulating and monitoring the Country's economic policies and programs. It is the principal adviser to Government of Liberia on economic policy, and drives the country’s flagship development agenda the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development. The department also deals with all matters relating to debt management and external resource mobilization which include external debt and foreign aid, and relations with bilateral and multilateral financial institutions.
The Economic Management Department is the nodal department dealing with the Central Bank of Liberia on macroeconomic policies. The department also deals with matters concerning financial sector policies including banking, insurance and capital markets. The Department has two Divisions: Economic Policy Macroeconomic and Financial Sector Division, and External Resources and Debt Management.
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The Department is charged with the responsibilities for formulating and monitoring the country's economic policies and programs, which have a bearing on internal and external aspects of economic management. It is the principal adviser to GOL on economic policy, and drives the Government’s development agenda - the Pro Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development. The department deals with all matters relating to debt management including external debt and foreign aid, as well as maintains relations with bilateral and multilateral financial institutions. It is also the nodal department for dealing with the Central Bank and the macro policies. The department deals with matters concerning financial sector policies including banking, insurance and capital markets. In addition, the Department works closely with external organizations, including the IMF, in developing macroeconomic forecasts for the Liberian economy.
Structure The Department has two divisions, namely External Resources and Debt Management Division and Economic Policy, Macroeconomic and Financial Sector Policy Division. Each division, headed by an Assistant Minister, comprises two units, namely, Aid Management and Coordination Unit and Debt Management Unit, all of the former division, and the Economic Policy Unit and Macroeconomic and Financial Sector Policy Unit, all of the latter division.
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