Pro-Poor Agenda For Prosperity And Development

PRO-POOR AGENDA
FOR PROSPERITY AND DEVELOPMENT
(PAPD)
REPUBLIC
OF
LIBERIA
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
November 20, 2018
PRO-POOR
AGENDA
FOR
PROSPERITY
AND
DEVELOPMENT
(PAPD)
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Message from the
President of the
Republic of Liberia
His Excellency Dr. George Manneh Weah
My Fellow Citizens,
On January 22, 2018 you entrusted me with the responsibility of housing, water, and sanitation. More importantly, we will invest in
leading the effort to build a capable state that is united in purpose our people particularly into their education, health, and in ending
and filled with hope and prosperity. This ushered in the first widespread vulnerability.
generational change in national leadership through the popular vote
since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1951. I will remain Our government inherited a difficult fiscal situation and the only
eternally grateful for this sacred trust and will, to the best of my way forward is to cut and rationalize expenditure in the short term
ability and with the help of God, strive to change the narrative on while growing the revenue base over the long term. Even with
Liberia and bring about a more stable, prosperous, and democratic those measures, our progress will be slow without the support of
state. key partners--the international development partners, the private
sector, and the Civil Society. We want to acknowledge the pivotal
Therefore, I take this opportunity to present the Pro-Poor Agenda for roles they have played, reassure them of government’s commitment
Prosperity and Development (PAPD)—our national development to an inclusive way forward, and seek their cooperation for the
plan for July 2018 to June 2023. The Pro-Poor agenda is a framework implementation of the PAPD. We want to reassure the business
for inclusion, more equitable distribution of our national wealth, community, both Liberian and foreign, of an enabling environment
and a rights-based approach to national development. It is the for their business ventures to prosper.
second in the series of plans leading towards the goals of Vision
2030. It aligns our national plans with the African Union Agenda Our country is rich in resources and has a youthful labor force
2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). with tremendous potential. Moreover, as Liberia’s feminist-in-chief,
I hereby pledge to fight for equality and women empowerment
Over the next five years, we will do a few things and do them well. during my tenure. I call on all Liberians, living at home and in
We will focus on bringing growth back to the economy by increasing the Diaspora, to join hands and put aside differences to develop