Afghanistan Poverty Status Update: Progress at Risk

doi:10.1596/26668

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Afghanistan Poverty Status Update: Progress at Risk

dc.contributor.author	Afghanistan Ministry of Economy
dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-19T18:12:06Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-19T18:12:06Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02-14
dc.description.abstract	A severe slow-down in Afghanistan's economic growth characterized the period between 2012 and 2014, the so called Transition period leading to the 2014 election and handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces. Afghanistan's economic malaise during this time can be attributed to the combined effects of the drawdown of international military forces and a sharp fall in associated international spending, reduction of aid, and increasing conflict and political instability. While aid fueled strong growth during the pre-transition period between 2007-2008 and 2011-2012, worrisome socio-economic dynamics already present intensified during the transition. Notably, the transition crisis magnified once again the many inequalities-between regions, cities and rural areas, rich and poor Afghans, and between men and women and girls and boys-that fracture Afghan society. The poorest and most vulnerable segments of the population benefited least from pre-transition growth, and the same groups suffered the most once the economy and the security condition deteriorated. This new edition of the Poverty Status Update series documents the evolution of poverty and socio-economic inclusion during the transition. It examines determinants of poverty and, with an eye beyond 2014, suggests policies to reduce vulnerability and inequalities.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/667181493794491292/Afghanistan-poverty-status-update-progress-at-risk
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/26668
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26668
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	SHOCKS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	ANALYSIS
dc.subject	FINANCE
dc.subject	POLICY
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	CONFLICT
dc.title	Afghanistan Poverty Status Update	en
dc.title.alternative	د افغانستان د بیوزلۍ د وضعیت تازه معلومات: په خطر کې پرمختګ	en
dc.title.subtitle	Progress at Risk	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
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okr.crossref.title	Afghanistan Poverty Status Update
okr.date.disclosure	2017-05-02
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Poverty Assessment
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
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okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	Afghanistan
okr.sector	Public Administration
okr.theme	Social protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.topic	Conflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unit	Poverty GP SAR (GPV06)