{"id":65608,"date":"2014-02-27T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=65608"},"modified":"2014-02-27T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T01:00:10","slug":"world-bank-supports-national-safety-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=65608","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Supports National Safety Net"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the world\u2019s leading bodies in combating poverty and aiding development, \u201cThe World Bank\u201d continues to support Sierra Leone in its developmental advances, not only to establish the key building blocks for a basic national safety net system, but also to provide income support to extremely poor house-holds in the West African Country.\u00a0 (Photo: Lily Wong of the World Bank, Ambassador Bockari Stevens, and Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador I. S. Conteh)<\/em><\/p>\n

That was why Sierra Leone\u2019s Ambassador accredited to the United States of America H.E. Bockari Kortu Stevens has on behalf of \u00a0the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma, signed an amount equivalent to SDR 4,600,000 \u00a0financing Agreement \u00a0pact with the World Bank on the proposed financing (Social Safety Net Project).<\/p>\n

The signing ceremony took place at the 1701 19th<\/sup> Chancery Om Washington DC, USA.<\/p>\n

According to World Bank Program Assistant Lily Wong, the signing of \u201cthe agreement was a direct result of a recommendation made by a committee constituted by the International Development Association under section 1 (d) of Article V of the Articles of Agreement on the proposed financing (Social Safety Net Project) to the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

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r-l: Lily Wong-World Bank, Ambassador Bockari Stevens, Deputy Chief of Mission I. S. Conteh, 1st Secretary Edward Kawa, and Financial Attach\u00e9 Paul M. Kamara<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe Committee finds that said project merits financial assistance from the Association and hereby recommended said project for such assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of said grant is to establish the key building blocks for a basic national safety net system and to provide income support to extremely poor house-holds in Sierra Leone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Committee is also of the opinion, that the project comes within the purposes of the Association as set forth in Article 1 of said Articles of Agreement, and the said project is designed to promote the economic development of the Republic of Sierra Leone and is of high developmental priority in the light of the needs of the Republic of Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

Present at the signing ceremony were Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador I.S. Conteh, First Secretary Edward Kawa, Financial Attach\u00e9 Paul M. Kama, and Pasco Gerald Temple.<\/p>\n

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