Monrovia, Jan. 6 -- Liberia has recorded the highest domestic revenue collection in its history, closing Fiscal Year 2025 with an extraordinary performance that underscores the country's growing capacity to finance its own development, despite significant fiscal gaps, policy setbacks, and institutional constraints.

This achievement marks a turning point in the country's ability to finance national development from its own resources and stands out not only for its scale, but for the conditions under which it was delivered.

Provisional figures indicate that the FY2025 approved national budget of approximately US$880.7 million - comprising US$804.6 million in domestic revenue and US$76.0 million in external resources and borrowing - has be...