Ministry of Economy and Finance Decision No. 027 on Establishment of a Task Force to Plan for Budget Policy on Financing and Social Assistance in Controlling the Fight Against Covid-19.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a Decision to establish a task force responsible for planning the budget policy on financing and social assistance. The task force will study and determine the required budget to fight against Covid-19 based on three priorities: preventing Covid-19 outbreak; stabilize livelihoods of poor and vulnerable people; and recover and stabilize businesses. This task force will also seek to mobilize the financing from abroad as much as possible such as budget support, and technical support from development partners through bilateral and multilateral framework agreements.