Monrovia – Liberia maintains its same score for the second year running on the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Africa. Report by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, [email protected]However, with a total score of 3.1, Liberia is still below the average of all low-income countries, which is at 3.2. The average CPIA score for Sub-Saharan Africa remains at 3.1. The index also helps influence the number of concessional resources countries can get from the World Bank to fund development projects. The report covers 2017, showing that Liberia performed poorly in social protection and labor with 2.5 points against a 3.0 average score.

Source: Front Page Africa September 13, 2018 23:48 UTC