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Antoinette Sayeh, Minister of Finance: economist, ran World Bank programme in Benin, securing debt relief under Heavily Indebted Poor Countries scheme. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hopes to do the same for Liberia, with external debt at US$3.5 billion. Western governments are pleased as the appointment signals competence......

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