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Policies, Strategies, and Plans | 15 June 2021
Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach
The fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) and small island developing states (SIDS) approach—or FSA—represents a new way of doing business for ADB’s most vulnerable developing member countries.
Video | 15 June 2021
Improving Livelihoods, Inclusiveness, and Resilience in Most Vulnerable Situations and States
ADB's Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach is set to improve livelihoods, inclusiveness, and resilience in these countries through more agile, flexible, and acutely responsive operations.

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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

Papers and Briefs | 24 May 2021
Infrastructure and Firm Performance in CAREC Countries: Cross-Sectional Evidence at the Firm Level
Infrastructure has a significant impact on firm performance in the CAREC member countries.

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

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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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study | 15 March 2021
Empowering rural women in Afghanistan through horticulture
ADB is assisting Afghanistan's government in empowering rural women to support their families through an innovative program.
Project Result / Case Study | 4 December 2020
Afghanistan: Empowering farmers to rebuild war-torn irrigation
Through a partnership between ADB and the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, the Community-based Irrigation and Development Project trained 630 farmers to rehabilitate, upgrade, and maintain 175 small-scale and medium-scale traditional irrigation schemes covering about 38,850 hectares, benefiting more than 180,000 households.
Project Result / Case Study | 2 June 2016
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.