Liberia Council of Churches Describes Govt Economic Policies as 'Paper Talks'; Says It's Only Intended to Impress the World Bank and the IMF

MONROVIA, Jan. 8 -- The Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), through its President, Bishop Kortu K. Brown, has described as mere "paper talks" the economic policies put in place by the Economic Management Team (EMT) of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) led government, headed by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning Samuel Tweah.

According to him, the economic policies being implored by Minister Tweah and others are only intended to impress the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and other international partners.

He added that these economic policies are not helping to transform the lives of Liberians, particularly the ordinary citizens, but they are only intended to gain favor from these international financial ...