Afghanistan and ADB

ADB placed its regular assistance to Afghanistan on hold effective 15 August 2021. In 2022, ADB, through a special financing arrangement with the United Nations, provided basic human needs support to ensure food security and to sustain the delivery of essential health and education services for the Afghan people.

Afghanistan: Results of ADB-Supported Operations

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of contributions to 7 Operational Priorities of Strategy 2030 from operations reported in project completion reports, technical assistance completion reports, and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

These results are also presented on the annual Development Effectiveness Review. The review covers all operations financed by ADB's ordinary capital resources and the Asian Development Fund, ADB's concessional lending window.

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Afghanistan: Results of ADB-Supported Operations, 2010-2018

Indicator Achieved Result
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction (tCO2-equivalent per year) 600,000
New households connected to electricity 13,200
New households connected to electricity, Rural 3,960
New households connected to electricity, Urban 9,240
Transmission lines installed or upgraded (km) 114
Indicator Achieved Result
Use of roads built or upgraded (average daily vehicle-kms in the first full year of operation) 1,106,416
Use of railways built or upgraded (average daily ton-kms in the first full year of operation) 487,500
Roads built or upgraded (km) 431
Expressways and national highways built or upgraded (km) 221
Provincial, district, and rural roads built or upgraded (km) 210
Roads built or upgraded, Rural (km) 301
Roads built or upgraded, Urban (km) 130
Railways constructed or upgraded (km) 75
Indicator Achieved Result
Small and medium-sized enterprise loan accounts opened or end borrowers reached 150
Indicator Achieved Result
Cross-border cargo volume facilitated (tons per year) 4,006,000

Source: Asian Development Bank. 2018 Development Effectiveness Review (April 2019)

Note: Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

Sources: ADB project and/or program completion reports issued in 2010-2018, staff estimates, and ADB Strategy and Policy Department.

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