A high-level staff from the U.S. Authorities’s Millennium Problem Company (MCC) will arrive in Liberia on Monday, September 22, 2025, for an official mission to evaluate the nation’s preparedness for reaffirmation of eligibility for a possible second MCC Compact.
The staff will probably be led by Ms. Carrie Monahan, Managing Director for Africa at MCC.
She will probably be accompanied by a staff of senior specialists, together with Deidre Truthful, Director of Finance and Commerce; Steve Anderson, Economist; Peter Glick, Economist; Sophia Marcus, Economist; Sheena Cooper, Finance and Commerce Specialist; and Arif Mamun, Deputy Vice President for the Financial Evaluation Division.
This important go to precedes MCC’s subsequent common board assembly in December 2025, throughout which Liberia’s continued eligibility for a second Compact will probably be reviewed.
Ms. Carrie Monahan, Managing Director for Africa at MCC.
Throughout their time in Liberia, the delegation will have interaction with a variety of presidency establishments and stakeholders, together with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of International Affairs, the Nationwide Funding Fee, Central Financial institution of Liberia, the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Data Providers (LISGIS), the Ministry of Mines and Power, and the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI).
Others are, the Liberia Income Authority, Liberia Particular Financial Zone Authority, Ministry of Commerce and Business, Liberia Chamber of Commerce, and a number of different authorities and non-governmental stakeholders.
In accordance with a launch, these engagements will assist MCC’s Constraints Evaluation, a important diagnostic course of used to determine essentially the most important obstacles to inclusive and sustainable financial progress in Liberia and to find out the sectors most aligned with MCC’s funding priorities.
The mission additionally represents a major step in reigniting Liberia’s pathway towards Compact growth, following a brief pause attributed to the U.S. political transition and the evolving coverage course of the brand new U.S. administration.
“The MCC is embracing a win-win growth mannequin underneath the present U.S. administration,” stated Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Improvement Planning.
“They’re looking for to assist sectors that don’t solely drive Liberia’s financial progress but additionally create alternatives for U.S. funding.”
The Millennium Problem Company (MCC) is an impartial U.S. authorities company established by Congress in 2004.
The MCC gives large-scale grants to nations demonstrating a robust dedication to good governance, financial freedom, and investing of their residents to scale back poverty by way of sustainable financial progress.
