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The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs and the Governance Commission has launched a nationwide stakeholder’s consultation meeting on national vision. The exercise is to enable Liberians take ownership of their country’s future.

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The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) will provide a $25 million dollar grant to support the Liberia’s peacebuilding activities.

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Liberia’s government has teamed up with UNICEF to build the first of what it calls “child friendly schools” in Liberia, in the border town of Ganta. The high tech school is part of a multi-million dollar initiative by the agency to help foster peace and prevent....

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At the development steering committee meeting on July 7, 2010 at the Mansion, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberia’s development partners said they are pleased with the level of progress been made so far in the PRS implementation. She challenged all government ministries and agencies to ensure that a full implementation of the development strategy is achieved by the time it ends in June 2011.

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President Ellen Johnson was on Tuesday, July 6th joined by her cabinet and the visiting bi-partisan US Congressional delegation to celebrate yet another milestone with the historic signing of a $15 million dollar grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

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Lift Liberia Radio Show

The planning and economic affairs minister said the focus of the government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy is the rehabilitation of Liberia’s broken infrastructure, including roads and hospitals. He spoke with James Butty of the VOA in the United States during the Diaspora engagement tour.
Minister Amara Konneh Interview with VOA on Poverty Reduction
11th May 2010
The planning and economic affairs minister said the focus of the government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy is the rehabilitation of Liberia’s broken infrastructure, including roads and hospitals. He spoke with James Butty of the VOA in the United States during the Diaspora engagement tour. 
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