As you know this will be the President’s first major meeting at the party headquarters since he won. The government’s delegation to last week’s annual spring meeting of the World Bank concluded with mixed reviews amid dire economic circumstances. Under Weah, Liberia’s fiscal stance has come under scrutiny with both the World Bank and the IMF cautioning against overspending and decreased revenues collection. The World Bank is already supporting countries like Liberia to come up with new strategies to invest more and better in their people. But even amid the attention attached to addressing poverty, new World Bank Group President David Malpass was keen to point out the essence of curbing graft.

Source: Front Page Africa April 15, 2019 01:41 UTC