"Afghanistan depends on aid for 90 percent of its spending as it tries to rebuild an economy shattered by 30 years of war." Key Facts About Afghanistan, Reuters, 10 June 2008
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- Assessment: 'Reach' of Development Assistance
- Official Development Assistance (ODA) Total
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For more information, see also the Monitor's posts on development, aid and reconstruction.
Last updated: August 2010
Further reading:
2010
- United Nations Development Assistance Framework: In Support of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy 2010 - 2013, United Nations, August 2010
- Afghanistan -- Humanitarianism Unraveled?, Feinstein International Center / Tufts University, May 2010
- "USAID administrator Rajiv Shah said that a year ago, 8.8 percent of U.S. Agency for International Development's multibillion-dollar assistance package to Afghanistan actually flowed through the Afghan ministries. The percentage is 13.5 percent today and is expected to rise to 20 percent by the end of the year, he said." Afghan officials want to direct more foreign aid, The Associated Press, April 2010
- Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: The Dangers of Militarized Aid in Afghanistan, ActionAid; Afghanaid; CARE; Christian Aid; Concern; Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC); Oxfam; Trócaire, January 2010
2009
- The National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment 2007/8: A Profile of Afghanistan, Afghanistan Central Statistics Organization, December 2009
- Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Humanitarian Action Plan 2010 for Afghanistan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), December 2009
- Mid-Year Review of the 2009 Humanitarian Action Plan for Afghanistan, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), July 2009
- Equipping USAID for Success: A Field Perspective, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 2009
- Improving Mutual Accountability for Aid Effectiveness, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, June 2009
- Interim Strategy Note for Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for the Period FY09-11, World Bank, May 2009
- Afghanistan -- Humanitarianism under Threat, Feinstein International Center / Tufts University, March 2009
2008
- US Aid to Afghanistan by the Numbers, Center for American Progress, August 2008
- "The Paris Conference, held on 12 June 2008, resulted in pledges of international assistance totalling approximately $20 billion." Special report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1806 (2008) on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (S/2008/434), July 2008
- Afghanistan: No more empty promises in Paris, Amnesty International, June 2008
- A Plain Language Guide to Poverty in Afghanistan, Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief, April 2008
- Falling Short: Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan, Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief, March 2008
- Afghanistan National Development Strategy, World Bank
- Global Humanitarian Assistance 2007/2008, Development Initiatives, March 2008
