MONROVIA, January 29 (LINA) – The Liberian Government has put into place key short-term recovery measures to revitalize sectors that have been affected by the Ebola epidemic.
Making the disclosure at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing in Monrovia on Thursday, Finance Minister Amara Konneh said the recovery measures are in both short-term interventions and non-health recovery.
Konneh told journalists at the press conference that the intervention and recovery measures are being carried out by the government with support from the World Bank.
According to him, US$60 million is gone towards enhancing health sector rebuilding while US$35 million has gone towards stimulating agriculture activities across the country.
Konneh also indicated that that government has also allocated US$25 million for social cash transfer and US$30 million has been allotted for support to the education sector and US$10 million to improve the domestic private sector.
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