The Liberian government signed an agreement worth $15.8 million with The World Bank Country Manager, Larisa Leshchenko, to establish the Liberia Social Safety Nets Project (LSSNP).
(LSSNP) provides support to extremely poor and food insecure households in Liberia. “Since 2014, Liberia witnessed a remarkable progress in enhancing its economic growth, shrinking poverty levels, and improving services provided to the extremely poor categories,” Leshchenko stated, adding that this progress has been negatively affected by the outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD).
The official noted that (EVD) outbreak magnified that Liberia needs to enhance its social safety systems that could be used to reach the extreme poor categories in Liberia in times of emergency.