Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Preliminary Document

July 6, 2007

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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Preliminary Document, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed December 26, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s economy achieved a major recovery, with robust GDP growth from a low level. Afghanistan has made significant progress in some areas of human development. Health care coverage has increased with the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) available to about 90 percent of the population. Public institutions should be strengthened and economic governance improved to ensure that economic growth can be sustained.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Budget planning and preparation, Debt relief, Debt service, Expenditure, External debt, Public debt

Keywords: Central government, CR, Debt relief, Debt service, Economic growth, Fiscal policy, Government plan, Gross domestic product, ISCR, NPV of debt-to-exports ratio, South Asia

Publication Details

Pages:

51
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2007/232
Stock No:

1AFGEA2007002
ISBN:

9781451800319
ISSN:

1934-7685

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