UN supports re-establishment of core public services

27 June 2014 – Amid the ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) and the World Bank, is working hard to re-establish primary public services in the country, such as the payment of civil servant salaries.

As part of its efforts to safeguard core Government services in the country’s war-torn capital, Bangui, UNDP announced yesterday that it has transferred around $4.6 million from the UN Peacebuilding Fund to the Bank of Central African States, which will cover 3,417 police and gendarmerie salaries through August. The remaining outstanding payroll will be covered by the World Bank…

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