Afghanistan and ADB

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Helping Protect Central and West Asia from COVID-19
ADB is helping protect the population of its developing member countries in Central and West Asia by providing lifesaving medical supplies and personal protective equipment using $12 million in grants.
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20 Years of CAREC: Working Together for Sustainable Development
For 20 years, the CAREC Program has been working to achieve shared, sustainable development in Central Asia. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, CAREC’s 11 member countries and development partners work together to drive growth in the region.

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Afghanistan Infrastructure Trust Fund (AITF)

The AITF is a cofinancing mechanism that provides an opportunity for bilateral, multilateral, and other contributors to partner with ADB to finance vital infrastructure in the country. If you are committed to the people of Afghanistan and their future, we are your partner of choice. Visit the AITF site

Reports
2019 CAREC Transport Sector Annual Report
This publication summarizes transport sector developments in member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program as of 2019.

Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS)

ADB's Strategy 2030 recognizes the distinct development challenges of FCAS, and promotes a differentiated approach to these groups of developing member countries. Under Strategy 2030, ADB will prioritize its support by providing long-term financing and capacity-development assistance to help build resilience and address causes of fragility or conflict. The differentiated approach under ADB’s Strategy 2030 builds on ADB’s long-standing support for development in FCAS, which emphasizes the importance of understanding the local context, making a long-term commitment to development, ensuring country ownership, and being flexible in responding to challenges.

For ADB's operations during 2019, Afghanistan is classified by ADB as FCAS due to the country being affected by conflict.

Data: Afghanistan ADB and Afghanistan: Fact Sheet

Economic Forecast

GDP forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Poverty in Afghanistan

Development indicators for Afghanistan, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Results of ADB-Supported Operations, 2010-2018

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

Projects Cofinanced

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects. Additional funds are provided in the form of official loans and grants, technical assistance, other concessional financing, and commercial cofinancing such as B loans, risk transfer arrangements, parallel loans and equity, guarantee cofinancing, and cofinancing for transactions under ADB’s Trade Finance Program.

Afghanistan: Cofinancing

Project Performance, 2000-2018

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ADB Projects in Afghanistan

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Funding Information

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study
Banking on Business in Afghanistan
A small investment during very tough times has grown into Afghanistan’s largest bank—and is helping create thousands of jobs.
Project Result / Case Study
Afghanistan: A Simple Solution for Farmers
In Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, a small innovation is helping farmers stabilize and increase their incomes.
Project Result / Case Study
Building Afghanistan's New Railway as Lifesaving Link
ADB has helped open up Afghanistan to increased trade and commerce through the construction of a new rail system.