Glossary & sources

Who is who, and where every figure came from.

Each office below is described using its own official mandate. If an office appears anywhere on this site without a description here, it is because we have not yet sourced its mandate — the same standard we apply to financial figures applies to civics.

Ministry of Finance & Development Planning (MFDP)

Sets and manages the national budget, plans and finances development projects, and oversees public revenue and spending.

For example: Preparing and publishing the annual national budget, like the FY2026 budget this site tracks.

General Auditing Commission (GAC)

Liberia’s independent supreme audit institution, legally responsible for auditing roughly 85 government ministries, agencies, corporations, and local governments.

For example: The GAC audit that flagged $373.9M in unreconciled revenue is exactly this mandate at work.

Public Procurement & Concessions Commission (PPCC)

The statutory guardian of public procurement, ensuring transparency, fairness, competition, and value-for-money whenever government spends public money on contracts or concessions.

For example: Reviewing and approving a government contract, like a lobbying or concession agreement, before or after it is signed.

Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC)

Handles corruption education and prevention, investigation and prosecution, and oversees asset declarations for all three branches of government.

For example: Investigating a report of a public official’s undisclosed assets.

Central Bank of Liberia (CBL)

Sets and implements Liberia’s monetary policy and regulates the banking system.

Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI)

Tracks and publishes what companies pay government for extracting Liberia’s natural resources — mining, oil, timber — and what government reports receiving, so the two can be compared.

The Legislature (Senate & House of Representatives)

Liberia’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for passing laws, approving the national budget, and providing oversight of the executive branch.

For example: The Senate’s July 2026 probe into concession funds not reaching Grand Cape Mount is legislative oversight in action.

County Superintendent

The chief administrative officer of a county under the Local Government Act 2018, responsible for implementing national laws and local ordinances, overseeing District Commissioners, coordinating local government services, and helping approve the county’s development plan and budget.

For example: Reports to both the County Council and the President.

Offices named on this site without a description yet

Liberia Revenue Authority · Governance Commission · Ministry of Local Government · Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs. A role description is only published once it comes from that office’s own official mandate.

Where the figures come from

Primary sources this site draws from. Every figure on every page links back to one of these.

mfdp.gov.lr

Approved national budget, press releases

gac.gov.lr

Audit report archive

ppcc.gov.lr

Procurement and concession records

leiti.org.lr

Extractive payments and receipts

Liberian Senate

Committee proceedings and probes

Open Government Partnership

Liberia’s action plans and commitments

allAfrica

Reporting used where it quotes a primary record

The New Dawn

Reporting used where it quotes a primary record

The Liberian Investigator

Reporting used where it quotes a primary record