Liberia: World Bank CPIA Panel Slams African Governments Over Public Service Failures

The World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) panel has faulted African governments for misdirecting public service delivery priorities and failing to utilize state resources to improve citizens’ lives.

During the recent launch of the CPIA report in Monrovia, panelists from Liberia and Nigeria criticized what they described as the deliberate neglect of the needs of ordinary people. The panelists argued that governments continue to design programs that do not reflect the…