The Ministry of National Development (

Abbreviation An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...

: MND) in

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

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

Government of Eritrea

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