Afghanistan Resident Representative Site

Resident Representative Office in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

This web page provides information on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Afghanistan and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Afghanistan and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Afghanistan.

News — Highlights

Mideast Countries See Opportunity Amid Unrest

The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia, released April 27, projects growth in the Middle East and North Africa region at 3.9 percent in 2011, unchanged from 2010. 

Communiqué of “Afghanistan: The London Conference” Afghan Leadership, Regional Cooperation, International Partnership

London, January 28, 2010 

اعلامیه رسمی " افغانستان: کنفرانس لندن"

 

IMF and World Bank Announce US$1.6 Billion in Debt Relief to Afghanistan

The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to support US$1.6 billion in debt relief for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

Includes Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion, Modification and Performance Criteria, and Rephasing and Extension of the Arrangement 

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Afghanistan and the IMF

Press Release: Statement by an IMF Mission on Afghanistan

February 4, 2013

Press Release: IMF Concludes Second ECF Review Mission to Afghanistan

November 12, 2012

Statement by the Hon. Omar Zakhilwal, Governor of the World Bank Group for Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

October 12, 2012
PDF File Size: 292Kb 

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion,Modification of Performance Criteria, and Rephasing of Disbursements Staff Report;Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion;and Statement by the Executive Director for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

August 20, 2012
Series: Country Report No. 12/245 

IMF Program Note on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

July 12, 2012
Program Note on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 

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Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia

The outlook for the Middle East and North Africa region is mixed. Oil-importing countries are witnessing tepid growth, and the moderate recovery expected in 2013 is subject to heightened downside risks. For the Arab countries in transition, ongoing political transitions also weigh on growth. With policy buffers largely eroded, the need for action on macroeconomic stabilization and growth-oriented reforms is becoming increasingly urgent. Countries will need to put in place safety nets to protect the poor and build consensus for some difficult fiscal choices. The region's oil exporters are expected to post solid growth in 2012, in part due to Libya's better-than-expected postwar recovery. In the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, robust growth is supported by expansionary fiscal policies and accommodative monetary conditions.

In the Caucasus and Central Asia, the outlook remains favorable, reflecting high oil prices that are benefiting oil and gas exporters, supportive commodity prices and remittance inflows benefiting oil and gas importers, and, for both groups, moderate direct exposure to Europe. The positive outlook provides an opportunity to strengthen policy buffers to prepare for any downside risks.