Galmudug regional government Minister of Planning Omar Mohamud warns that not implementing a long-term solution to the water problem will fuel the vicious cycle of droughts, hunger,and violence and keep the Somali people in the iron grip of poverty.
VOA: standard.2009.10.06
So the test of the government's commitment to medium-term planningof public expenditure will come in the budget in March.
The development of the Term Deposit Facility is an issue of prudent planning and should have implications for the near-term conduct of monetary policy.
Of course, this could simply be the result of some long-term planning rather than evidence of the next iPhone, but the timing is a bit curious to say the least.