Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty

Afghanistan has come a long way since emerging from major conflict in late 2001. Important political milestones mandated by the Bonn Agreement (two Loya Jirgas, a new Constitution, recently the Presidential election) have been achieved. The economy...

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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-73182021-04-23T14:02:27Z Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty World Bank ACCIDENTS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND BANKS BIDDING CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL BANK CENTRALIZATION CITIES CIVIL SERVICE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CORRUPTION COUNCILS CRIME DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISABILITIES DISABILITY DIVISION OF LABOR DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LIFE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SECTOR GDP GIRLS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS IMMUNIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INVENTORIES LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFE EXPECTANCY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKETING MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL SECURITY PARTNERSHIP PEACE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PHYSICAL CAPITAL PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER QUALITY STANDARDS REFUGEES REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REHABILITATION SAFETY SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROGRESS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX REFORMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE BARRIERS USER GROUPS VALUATION WAGES Afghanistan has come a long way since emerging from major conflict in late 2001. Important political milestones mandated by the Bonn Agreement (two Loya Jirgas, a new Constitution, recently the Presidential election) have been achieved. The economy has recovered strongly, growing by nearly 50 percent cumulatively in the last two years (not including drugs). Some three million internally- and externally-displaced Afghans have returned to their country/home.More than four million children, a third of them girls, are in school, and immunization campaigns have achieved considerable success. The Government has supported good economic performance by following prudent macroeconomic policies; it has begun to build capacity and has developed the nationally-led budget process and made the budget into its central instrument of reform; and it has made extraordinary efforts to develop key national programs (for example public-works employment programs and community development programs) and to revive social services like education and health. 2012-06-06T19:30:11Z 2012-06-06T19:30:11Z 2005 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628518/afghanistan-state-building-sustaining-growth-reducing-poverty 978-0-8213-6095-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7318 English en_US World Bank Country Study CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Afghanistan
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topic ACCIDENTS
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ARABLE LAND
BANKS
BIDDING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRALIZATION
CITIES
CIVIL SERVICE
CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
CRIME
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LIFE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ELECTIONS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
GDP
GIRLS
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH POTENTIAL
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMMUNIZATION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INFANT MORTALITY
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INVENTORIES
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKETING
MORTALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SECURITY
PARTNERSHIP
PEACE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REFUGEES
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REHABILITATION
SAFETY
SANITATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL PROGRESS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TAX REFORMS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE BARRIERS
USER GROUPS
VALUATION
WAGES
spellingShingle ACCIDENTS
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ARABLE LAND
BANKS
BIDDING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRALIZATION
CITIES
CIVIL SERVICE
CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
CRIME
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LIFE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ELECTIONS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
GDP
GIRLS
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH POTENTIAL
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMMUNIZATION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INFANT MORTALITY
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INVENTORIES
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKETING
MORTALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SECURITY
PARTNERSHIP
PEACE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REFUGEES
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REHABILITATION
SAFETY
SANITATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL PROGRESS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TAX REFORMS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE BARRIERS
USER GROUPS
VALUATION
WAGES
World Bank
Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty
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Afghanistan
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description Afghanistan has come a long way since emerging from major conflict in late 2001. Important political milestones mandated by the Bonn Agreement (two Loya Jirgas, a new Constitution, recently the Presidential election) have been achieved. The economy has recovered strongly, growing by nearly 50 percent cumulatively in the last two years (not including drugs). Some three million internally- and externally-displaced Afghans have returned to their country/home.More than four million children, a third of them girls, are in school, and immunization campaigns have achieved considerable success. The Government has supported good economic performance by following prudent macroeconomic policies; it has begun to build capacity and has developed the nationally-led budget process and made the budget into its central instrument of reform; and it has made extraordinary efforts to develop key national programs (for example public-works employment programs and community development programs) and to revive social services like education and health.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
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title Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty
title_short Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty
title_full Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty
title_fullStr Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty
title_full_unstemmed Afghanistan : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty
title_sort afghanistan : state building, sustaining growth, and reducing poverty
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628518/afghanistan-state-building-sustaining-growth-reducing-poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7318
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