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  1. Library Resource
    Food Security and COVID-19
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2021
    Kenya, Angola, Chad, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Global

    June 4, 2021 -- An increasing number of countries are facing growing levels of acute food insecurity, reversing years of development gains. Even before COVID-19 reduced incomes and disrupted supply chains, chronic and acute hunger were on the rise due to various factors including conflict, socio-economic conditions, natural hazards, climate change and pests. COVID-19 impacts have led to severe and widespread increases in global food insecurity, affecting vulnerable households in almost every country, with impacts expected to continue through 2021 and into 2022.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    February, 2008
    Afghanistan, Southern Asia

    This report is about how to progressively reduce over time Afghanistan's dependence on opium - currently the country's leading economic activity - by development initiatives and shifting economic incentives toward sustainable legal livelihoods. Specifically, the report identifies additional investments and policy and institutional measures to support development responses that can counterbalance the economic advantages of opium.

  3. Library Resource

    The First Microfinance Bank's Experience in Afghanistan

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2013
    Afghanistan, Southern Asia

    The objective of this case study is to document an example of the successful design and implementation of housing micronance (HMF) products by analyzing the approach taken by the First Micronance Bank of Afghanistan (FMFB-A) from 2009 to 2013. This report aims to encourage other lenders to follow suit and offer housing-related loans to low-income earners. It is part of IFC’s MENA Micronance Knowledge Management project, which aims to raise awareness among micronanceinstitutions (MFIs) about the importance of risk management, product development, and transformation.

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan has come a long way since
    emerging from major conflict in late 2001. Important
    political milestones mandated by the Bonn Agreement (two
    Loya Jirgas, a new Constitution, recently the Presidential
    election) have been achieved. The economy has recovered
    strongly, growing by nearly 50 percent cumulatively in the
    last two years (not including drugs). Some three million
    internally- and externally-displaced Afghans have returned

  5. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Afghanistan

    This is the first Economic Report on
    Afghanistan by the World Bank in a quarter-century. It is
    intended to contribute to a better understanding of the core
    challenges that lie ahead for the country and key strategic
    priorities for national reconstruction. It focuses on the
    conceptual frameworks, policies, and institutions that will
    be needed to achieve core national objectives of
    state-building; sustained rapid, broad-based economic

  6. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Afghanistan

    This paper provides an institutional
    record of the implementation experiences of all the four
    World Bank-assisted National Emergency Employment Program
    (NEEP)/National Rural Access Program (NRAP) projects and
    evaluates the impact on community members of the improved
    rural access that the projects have provided. It is based on
    desk reviews of project documentation, supervision mission
    notes, field visits to communities in rural areas, and

  7. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Afghanistan

    This report analyzes some key aspects of
    food security, namely production, trade, markets and food
    aid at the national level, and consumption at the household
    level. In doing so it aspires to make a contribution to the
    on-going work in Afghanistan regarding the attainment of the
    poverty and hunger Millennium Development Goal. The major
    findings of the report can be summarized as follows: Food
    security (at the national level) does not necessarily

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan's reconstruction has made considerable progress during the past four years. Led by the Government with international support but relying mostly on the energy and initiative of the Afghan people, reconstruction has resulted in solid achievements -- rapid economic growth, unprecedented primary school enrollments including enrollments for girls, great expansion of immunization, rehabilitation of major highways, a new and stable currency, promulgation of a new Constitution, Presidential and Parliamentary elections, return of refugees, and demobilization of militias.

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Afghanistan

    Throughout the 20th century, the debate on women's rights and their role in Afghan society has been closely interlinked with the national destiny. Women not only carry the burden of symbolizing the honor of the family, but often are seen as embodying the national honor as well. Gender has thus been one of the most politicized issues in Afghanistan over the past 100 years, and attempts at reform have been denounced by opponents as un-Islamic and a challenge to the sanctity of the faith and family.

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Afghanistan

    This survey report will help the
    government of Afghanistan think through its approach to
    private sector development. Historically, there has been a
    dearth of information and reliable statistics about
    Afghanistan's economy. This report reviews the
    constraints that firms currently operating in Afghanistan
    face and provides a basis for possible policy
    recommendations to address these constraints. It is hoped

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