Digitization of government payments in the Mano River Union (MRU)

Item Description:

This PPM follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared on the African Development Bank Group’s Internet Website on 4 December 2020. The PPM details are packages are outlined in the attached  XLS workbook.

The Government of the Republic of Liberia has received a grant of UA 463,000 in the equivalent of USD 641,000 from the Transition Support Facility (TSF) Pillar III window of the AfDB to assist in the financing of the project for the digitization of government payments.

The principal objective of the Project is to increase the digitization of transactions pertaining to the public administrations and populations of Liberia. The planned improvements aim to improve the quantity, increase transparency in government transactions and quality of social public investments and access by the populations to basic financial services and also to improve their living conditions and ultimately reduce poverty.

The specific objectives of this project are to: The specific objectives of the Project are to: (i) establish a digital payments ecosystem, capable of supporting all types of mass payments to ensure the transparency, security and optimization of public resource management; (ii) allow tax and customs administrations and other government bodies, through digitization and automation, to improve public resource management effectiveness and efficiency as well as transparency; and (iii) encourage the financial inclusion of vulnerable segments of the population by promoting G2P and P2G payments and provide meaningful financial education.

The PPM packages are outlined in the attached  XLS workbook.

PPM – Liberia – Digitization of government payments in the Mano River Union (MRU)