Africa Cannot Keep Paying Its Creditors at the Expense of Its People
AFRODAD's assessment of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings reveals a troubling reality: African countries are surrendering a growing ...
Tag: World Bank
AFRODAD Says IMF, World Bank Meetings Brought No Fix for Africa’s Debt
MONROVIA – African governments are handing a growing share of their revenue to creditors even as their total debt falls. ...
NaFAA–World Bank Fisheries Meeting in Thailand Advances Investment and Job Creation
L-R J. Cyrus Saygbe Sr., Director General of NaFAA, and Ms. Valerie Hickey, Director for Environment and Blue Economy at ...
Grand Cape Mount Women Turn World Bank Grants Into Revolving Capital
ROBERTSPORT, Grand Cape Mount County — Women’s savings groups in Grand Cape Mount County’s Commonwealth District are lending out their ...
Stop Using Poor Liberians to Defend Rice Giveaways
Liberia cannot surrender millions of dollars in the name of vulnerable families when importers and higher-income households capture most of ...
World Bank: Rice Tax Breaks Cost Liberia US$41M, Miss Poor Families
MONROVIA — Tax breaks meant to make rice cheaper for poor Liberians cost the government about US$41 million in 2024, ...
Liberia Sitting on 5.3% of GDP in Lost Revenue, World Bank Warns
Monrovia – Liberia is leaving the equivalent of 5.3 percent of GDP on the table every year through weak tax ...
Liberia Launches Digital Collateral Registry to Curb Duplicate Claims, Expand Business Credit
MONROVIA — Liberia has launched an upgraded digital registry that will allow lenders to verify ownership and existing claims against ...
Liberia Launches Urban Planning Training to Strengthen Resilience
MONROVIA – Liberia has launched a three-day training to embed disaster risk into how its fast-growing cities are planned, as ...
Liberia Launches First Utility-Scale Solar Plant, Secures $57M to Expand Power Access
HARRISBURG — Liberia brought its first utility-scale solar power plant online over the weekend, a US$16 million, 20-megawatt facility that ...
