Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement
IMF Staff Country Reports, February 11, 2016
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Bibliographic details
- Published: February 11, 2016
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498304320.002
Purpose and approach
- Aim: Provide a frank review of progress during the 2006 and 2011 programs and a forward-looking assessment that takes into account lessons learned.
- Structure described:
- Background and context for the 2006 and 2011 programs
- Discussion of overall objectives of the programs
- Examination of how the programs were designed to achieve objectives
- Assessment of program performance
- Outline of key issues
- Conclusions with lessons, including for Afghanistan's future engagement with the IMF
- Context emphasized: Since late 2001, after NATO forces toppled the Taliban, the country received unprecedented support from the donor community in the context of two IMF-supported programs.
Key thematic areas covered
- Bank supervision
- Banking
- Civil service
- Economic sectors
- Expenditure
- Financial institutions
- Financial regulation and supervision
- Financial sector
- Labor
- Securities
Keywords and focal topics
- Bank supervision
- central bank
- Civil service
- CR
- debt relief
- development aid
- donor community
- Financial sector
- fund engagement
- Global
- ISCR
- private sector
- real GDP
- Securities
- U.S. dollar
Summary findings and orientation (as described)
- The assessment provides:
- A retrospective review of the 2006 and 2011 IMF-supported programs’ objectives and performance.
- An analysis of program design and implementation relative to those objectives.
- Identification of key issues that affected outcomes.
- Lessons drawn to inform Afghanistan’s future engagement with the IMF.
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. "Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement", IMF Staff Country Reports 2016, 023 (2016).
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