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Annual Report 2003 : Moving the Poverty Reduction Agenda Forward: Priorities and Outcomes : South Asia

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Afghanistan

Strategy and Policy Dialogue.
The objective in Afghanistan is to ensure a smooth transition from humanitarian assistance to reconstruction and development assistance. The accent is on broad-based, pro-poor growth which is also key to securing peace and stability. In the transport and energy sectors, ADB supported the rehabilitation of national roads, power transmission facilities, and the gas subsector to help revive the national economy. ADB operations in the agriculture and natural resource sector rehabilitated production and irrigation systems and worked toward eliminating poppy cultivation. ADB also provided technical assistance for public administration reform, budgetary management, poverty assessment, and statistical capacity building.

Since September 2001, ADB has assumed a key role in the international community’s efforts to plan for and assist in Afghanistan’s reconstruction, drawing on its experience in providing postconflict assistance in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Timor-Leste. At the Tokyo Conference, ADB pledged $500 million in concessional loans and grants by June 2004. ADB assigned this assistance the highest priority. By December 2003, ADB had approved the delivery of $325 million in Asian Development Fund loans and technical assistance, thus fulfilling two thirds of its pledge. In addition, ADB administered $65.6 million in cofinanced grant projects.

Loans and Technical Assistance.
ADB approved one loan for the Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project totaling $150 million. Nine technical assistance projects totaling $10.5 million and grant cofinancing totaling $43 million were also approved.

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