[{"bbox": [140, 151, 1133, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "is the country's staple food. Addressing this issue is crucial, as rice shortages have been major drivers of instability in the past."}, {"bbox": [140, 218, 1133, 300], "category": "Text", "text": "The current context marked by a peaceful transition of power and a new Government committed to accountability and transparency is favourable. However, unresolved tribal and community disputes over land and property since the end of the civil war remain significant challenges."}, {"bbox": [140, 339, 366, 364], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster risk reduction"}, {"bbox": [140, 378, 1133, 459], "category": "Text", "text": "Enhanced management of natural resources, particularly renewable resources, through better control, more adequate tax policies, and a strong emphasis on anti-corruption measures in the deforestation sector will contribute to preventing tensions and reducing risks related to natural disasters."}, {"bbox": [140, 497, 453, 522], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Other considerations if relevant"}, {"bbox": [140, 524, 183, 547], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 578, 468, 605], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [129, 617, 1186, 1543], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Political commitment</td><td>Changes in the political priorities of the Government can occur due to various factors, including election compromises, party politics, interest group influences, and external pressures beyond the Government's control</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td><ul><li>Engage in political and policy dialogue with the Minister of Finance, legislators and the office of the President in coordination with the EU Member States (MS), the IMF and the WB to ensure alignment and support for key reforms.</li><li>Leverage the budget support general conditions in coordination with the IMF, WB and MS.</li><li>Use relevant variable tranche indicators that complement the new IMF programme's performance criteria and structural benchmarks, as well as WB prior actions, focusing on the most needed reforms.</li><li>Ensure that this Action is complementary to other Team Europe initiatives to maximise impact and resource efficiency.</li><li>Apply lessons learned from previous budget support programmes in Liberia.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Fiduciary</td><td>Lack of progress in public finance management and in budget transparency/ oversight can hinder the execution of the budget support</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td><ul><li>Leverage the budget support general conditions and indicators in coordination with IMF, WB, and MS.</li><li>Engage in policy dialogue with the Government and the national legislature in strong coordination with the IMF and WB with support from the Budget Support Donor Coordination Group.</li><li>Support the MFDP through complementary measures to energise and stimulate its organisational units tasked to ensure legal and fiscal compliance and expenditure tracking.</li><li>Coordinate with other development partners to support and induce the Government in systemic improvements to policy, fiscal transparency, discipline and timely flow of information.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1679, 1141, 1703], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 33"}]