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Finance Minister seeks American, British support for the Ministry
[30/04/2024 12:07]
AMMAN-SABA
Minister of Finance Salem bin Braik discussed today, Tuesday, in Amman with the Chairman of Davis Paul Pragma Foundation aspects of technical support provided by the USAID and the British Foreign and Development (FCDO) to help Finance Ministry build its capacities and improve its action to increase the state's revenues.
The meeting which brought a number of senior officials of the Finance Ministry and experts from Pragma Foundation focused on the most notable challenges facing the work of the Ministry and its affiliated departments.
The Minister highlighted the needed support from the American and British friends to sustain the Ministry's ongoing efforts improve its actions and achieve more progress in the comprehensive reforms the government has embarked on.