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    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
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    Environmental Indicators
    Economic Indicators
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    Developing countries
    Rural community development
    Mass society
    Social change
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    Social stability
    Population
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    Peasantry
    Urban policy
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    Pension plans
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