Afghanistan: Joint Staff Advisory Note
February 12, 2010
Summary
This Joint Staff Advisory Note discusses Afghanistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper's annual progress report. Afghanistan has experienced a number of extraordinary challenges that delayed its implementation. The security situation deteriorated markedly and has been dominated by the cross-border Taliban insurgency. Growth started to recover from a devastating drought. In May 2008, food and fuel prices peaked, leading to high inflation and pressure on the budget for additional fuel and food subsidies. These threats to macroeconomic stability have been accompanied by a period of political uncertainty for Afghanistan’s leadership.
Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Education, Expenditure, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords: ANDS commitment, ANDS implementation, ANDS results-financing mechanism, ANDS unit, Budget planning and preparation, CR, governance limitation, implementing institution, ISCR, Poverty reduction and development
Pages:
15
Volume:
2010
DOI:
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Issue:
039
Series:
Country Report No. 2010/039
Stock No:
1AFGEA2010002
ISBN:
9781451800449
ISSN:
1934-7685







