Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia's Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has disclosed that the World Bank is expected to provide US$15 million under contingency fund to aid Liberia in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia and World Bank have signed a financing agreement totaling US$ 40 million dollars as direct budgetary support for FY2019/2020.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr., on Friday, March 13, 2020, carried out an in-house touring of departments/units within the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia has issued administrative control measures intended to reduce growth in its wage bill, as well as to ensure efficiency in the allocation of the National Budget.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr, says the World Bank Sustainable Management of the Fisheries Project for Liberia (LSMF) will yield enormous economic benefits for the country in alignment with the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD).

Monrovia, Liberia - On 4th March 2020, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr, Minister of Finance and Development Planning and APRM Focal Point, received a technical support mission on the APRM Liberia Process led by the APRM Continental Secretariat CEO, Prof.Eddy Maloka. The technical briefing which was requested by the Government of the Republic of Liberia was aimed at discussing the roadmap to the Peer Review of the Liberia Country Review Report by African Heads of State and Government.

Assistant Minister for Development Planning at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Hon. Benedict Kolubah has presented the country’s report on ECOWAS Post Visioning and Consultation.

Hon. Orison M. Amu and Hon Samuel D. Tweah Jr signed Financing Agreement for Renewable Energy Electricity in Liberia .

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed Financing Agreements for two Projects valued over US$33 million. The two projects are the “Renewable Energy for Electrification of Liberia (REEL Project) and Support to Investment Promotion Agencies in Transition Countries”.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr, has assured Liberians that beginning this year (2020), the country will begin to experience recovery and prosperity. He also expressed optimism about increased prospects in the years ahead.

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning under the able leadership of Minister Samuel D. Tweah, Jr. along with his team of Deputy and Assistant Ministers, as well as, the entire workforce of the Ministry conveys messages of best wishes during this Christmas Season and a prosperous 2020 to H.E President George M. Weah, Vice President Hon. Jewel Howard-Taylor, the First Lady Madam Clar M. Weah, members of the Cabinet, the Speaker, the Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Members of the 54th National Legislature, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, and every Liberian citizen and foreign nationals across the length and breadth of the country.

I extend profound thanks and appreciation to the newly elected leadership of the Press Union of Liberia for selecting me to be the keynote speaker at this Induction ceremony. Delivering a speech at a PUL event has to be a very difficult and delicate business, if only because you have almost the entire media in rapt attendance. You’ve got to be careful about what you say during these occasions!

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia through the Integrated Public Financial Management Reform Project at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, and with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Saturday, December 14, 2019, climaxed six days of training for nineteen Civil Society Organizations in Public Financial Management.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its national office in Liberia, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has climaxed two days of National Stakeholders Consultations on ECOWAS post-2020 vision in Devos Village, Tewor District, Grand Cape Mount County.

On December 11, 2019, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a four-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Liberia in an amount equivalent to SDR 155 million (60 percent of quota or about US$ 213.6 million) to help the country restore macroeconomic stability, provide a foundation for sustainable growth, and addressing weaknesses in governance.

Liberia delegation at the summit

Hon. Augustus J. Flomo, Deputy Minister for Economic Management at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning believes that the agriculture value chain will enhance job creation, economic expansion, as well as ensuring the domestic revenue capacity of each country.

Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr. marking remark at the Launch ceremony.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has underscored the importance of public financial management reforms in enhancing accountability and transparency in the governance structure of Liberia.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia and the International Bank for Agricultural Development (IFAD) through the World Bank, Thursday, November 21, 2019, signed a $23 million United States Dollars Financing Agreement to boost cocoa production in the country.

Monrovia, Liberia - About twenty women from Lofa, Gbarpolu, Margibi, Nimba, Montserrado, Bong and Grand Bassa Counties on Thursday, November 14, 2019, are benefitting from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Phase Two training in Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment (WEE). The training is initiated by the Liberia Macro-Economic Policy Analysis Center (LIMPAC) at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.

The administration of the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning wishes to inform all vendors of government that as of December 15, 2019, all payments will be made via Mobile Money.

Monrovia, Liberia - Hon. Tanneh G. Brunson, Liberia’s Deputy Minister for Budget and Development Planning at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has expressed gratitude to European Union, Swedish Government and UN Women for their support through the Spotlight Initiative Project to the country’s Gender Response Planning Budgeting and Coordination Unit (GRPB).