The Ministry of National Development (

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: MND) in

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

has a mandate to plan and coordinate programs and projects at the sectoral and regional levels or to coordinate their implementation and to conduct management audit of ministries, departments and strategic public enterprises. The Ministry grew out of the Office of Macro Policy within the Office of the President. The first Minister of National Development is Dr.

Woldai Futur Dr. Woldai Futur (alt. Wolday) is the first Minister of National Development of Eritrea. His previous post was serving as an economic advisor to the President. Early life and education Woldai Futur received his PhD at Southern Illinois Univers ...

. The current Minister, however, is Dr Giorgis Tesfamichael. See attached speech by Dr Giorgis on government position on development cooperation: Remarks_by_Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Eritrea.pdf

References

National Development

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