IMF Staff Country Reports

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Publication Date:

March 16, 2006

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues paper provides a preliminary view on Afghanistan’s external competitiveness through a review of some macroeconomic, microeconomic, and institutional indicators. It discusses the rebuilding of domestic revenue, and analyzes the macroeconomic impact of the drug economy and the counternarcotics efforts. The paper provides, whenever available, statistical information on the real, fiscal, monetary, and external sectors. It also contains a list of state-owned enterprises and an updated summary of the tax system as of end-December 2005.

Series:

Country Report No. 2006/114

Subject:

International trade National accounts Revenue administration Taxes