September 17, 2024 (JUBA) - South Sudan has unveiled a raft of economic strategies to secure funds to spur economic growth in a country grappling with more than double-digit inflation and dwindling finances. Announcing the new initiative, South Sudan’s Finance minister, Marial Dongrin Ater described the strategies as platforms for updating the public through the media about government’s plans and efforts to revamp the economy and curb inflation, pay salaries and operating costs of the government. “I am pleased to update the public on a series of interventions designed to bolster our country’s economic performance. These measures are aimed at improving tax revenue, mobilization, enhancing crude oil export, securing funding, digitalization and financial inclusion, and fostering food security”, the minister told reporters at a news conference in the capital, Juba on Monday. Ater said one of the strategies to secure funding was to bolster efforts aimed at enhancing revenue mobilization by the Ministry of Finance and planning through collaborative working relations with South Sudan revenue to ensure effective and efficient collection processes and tax compliance. “The significant progress has been made on the resumption of oil production from Dar Blend in Upper Nile and we are optimistic for a breakthrough. …

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