The overarching goal of this financing policy is to ensure that the health and social welfare services provided to the people of Liberia are affordable to the country while preventing catastrophic household expenditures. Sustained leadership, stakeholder commitment, resources and effort are needed to achieve this goal by accomplishing the following five objectives:
(1) Increasing the mobilization and predictability of adequate, sustainable financial resources for health and social welfare;
(2) improving the planning, budgeting and accounting for equitable resource allocations;
(3) increasing the efficiency of resource utilization;
(4) increasing systemic efficiency and equity through a harmonized provider payment mechanism;
(5) strengthening the financial evidence base for management and policy decision-making.