Asian Development Bank and Afghanistan: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank | April 2009
Abstract
Updated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides social and economic indicators on the Afghanistan as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information. Afghanistan is the poorest country in the entire Asia and Pacific region. The United Nations Development Programme’s Human Poverty Index ranks Afghanistan at the very bottom of 135 countries in terms of human deprivation, characterized by short life, lack of basic education, and lack of access to public and private resources. Despite significant development gains since the 2001 ouster of the former Taliban regime, the people of Afghanistan continue to suffer widespread and growing insecurity; weak governance; inadequate health care, education, and other public services; and gender inequality. Lack of employment opportunities and endemic poverty continue among a large segment of the population, with two thirds of the population living below or just above the country’s official poverty line. To confront the country’s many development challenges, the Afghan authorities, with strong international support, have embarked on an ambitious program of state building, including democratic political normalization, modernization of the army and police, rehabilitation of infrastructure, restoration of basic services, and institutional reform. Despite measured progress, Afghanistan will have difficulty achieving the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goals for poverty reduction.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2009. Asian Development Bank and Afghanistan: Fact Sheet. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5759.Keywords
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Public Financial Management
Financial System
Financial Statistics
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Urban Development
Urban Sociology
Pension Funds
Mutual Funds
Social Equity
Financial Aspects
Fiscal Policy
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Pension plans
Individual retirement accounts
Employee pension trusts
Investment management
Investments
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