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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Decision Point Document and Debt Sustainability Analysis

July 26, 2007

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Summary

This paper presents the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’s decision point and debt sustainability analysis under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. Protracted conflict and political instability have undermined Afghanistan’s socioeconomic development, resulting in widespread poverty and weak social development. Nevertheless, Afghanistan’s economy has achieved a major recovery since late 2001, with robust gross domestic product growth, albeit from a low level. The absence of officially recognized poverty estimates has prevented a systematic diagnosis of poverty in Afghanistan.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Budget planning and preparation, Debt relief, Debt service, Debt service ratios, External debt, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Afghan authorities, Budget planning and preparation, C. debt sustainability, Central Asia, Central government, CR, Debt management, Debt ratio, Debt relief, Debt service, Debt service, Debt situation, Debt vulnerability, Decision point, Deficit, Economic growth, Fiscal policy, Government plan, IDA assistance, IDA status, ISCR, Poverty reduction strategy paper, Private sector, Public expenditure, Real GDP, Reconciliation status, Revenue objective, Sensitivity analysis, South Asia, Sustainability framework

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    63

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2007/253

  • Stock No:

    1AFGEA2007004

  • ISBN:

    9781451800333

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685