5. Upon learning of the deal, on 21 January 2010, the World Bank Acting Country Manager for Somalia and Chairman of the Public Financial Management Donor Group Steering Committee Africa Region sent a letter to then TFG Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, expressing concerns that the premature introduction of new currency could jeopardize the objectives of stabilizing the Somali economy and taming inflation, adding to the economic fragility of Somalia and significantly hurting the poor.[224]
5. Upon learning of the deal, on 21 January 2010, the World Bank Acting Country Manager for Somalia and Chairman of the Public Financial Management Donor Group Steering Committee Africa Region sent a letter to then TFG Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, expressing concerns that the premature introduction of new currency could jeopardize the objectives of stabilizing the Somali economy and taming inflation, adding to the economic fragility of Somalia and significantly hurting the poor.[224]