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of the country’s 34 provinces are completelyclear of land mines. A long standing presenceof illegal armed groups in different parts of thecountry is hindering the process of empowermentof local democratic institutions. Some ofthese groups have close links with police oreven belong to local governments. This situationenhances corruption and is considered akey obstacle in cracking down the narcoticsindustry.The Government is fully committed to, and isgiving the highest priority, to successfully: (i)implementing an integrated and comprehensivenational security policy and strategy; (ii)building a robust security sector reform program;(iii) strengthening civil and military operationsand coordination; (iv) increasing therole of security forces in counter-narcotics activities;and (v) strengthening the civilian componentsof security entities. Detailed Compactbenchmarks have been established to measureprogress in improving capacity within the securityorganizations and improving security.Significant progress has been made since 2001in strengthening the ANA and ANP. For example,militias have been integrated into theMinistry of Defense (MoD), with the majoritydemobilized. A multi-sector donor supportscheme has been established where individualdonors are allocated responsibility for overseeingsupport for each of the key elements of thereform, including: disarmament, demobilization,and reintegration of ex-combatants; militaryreform; police reform; judicial reform; andcounter-narcotics. The ANP has been receivingextensive training and equipment from the internationalcommunity.GOVERNANCE, RULE OFLAW, JUSTICE AND HUMANRIGHTSIn 2000 the World Bank assessed the ‘quality’ ofAfghanistan’s governance institutions as fallingin the bottom one percent of all countries. Progresssince 2001 includes the adoption of theconstitution; successful parliamentary andpresidential elections, and progress in improvingthe livelihood and welfare of women andother disenfranchised groups. Despite someprogress, a number of significant issues mustbe addressed, including: (i) the existence ofmultiple and often parallel structures of stateand non-state governance entities; (ii) the confusionover core centre-periphery administrationand fiscal relations; (iii) weak public sectorinstitutions and underdeveloped governanceand administrative capabilities; (iv) high levelsof corruption; (v) fiscal uncertainty; (vi) weaklegislative development and enforcement; (vii)weak political and parliamentary oversightcapacities; (viii) weak community and civil societyinstitutions; (ix) limited capacity in a justicesystem; (x) gender inequality; and (xi) underdevelopedhuman rights enforcement capacities.If significantly improved governance is notrapidly achieved it will be difficult to makesubstantial progress with respect to securityand economic development. An emerging politicaland administrative vacuum will be filledby non-state structures driven by illegal andnarcotic interests, not by the Government.Religious affairsThe Government will focus on the followingpriorities: (i) to improve infrastructure for religiousaffairs, such as mosques, shrines, holyplaces, and religious schools; (ii) improve thetraining and capacity of Imams, preachers, religiousteachers and other scholars to raise publicawareness and to teach; (iii) finalize a comprehensiveculture curriculum for primary andhigher education; (iv) strengthen Hajj arrangementsystems for Afghan pilgrims; (iv) supportefforts by religious organizations to help alleviatepoverty and protect vulnerable groups; (v)support efforts of the other government agenciesto improve literacy, dispute resolution andto contribute to strengthening of the nationalsolidarity. The expected results include: (i) reformsimplemented in line with Islamic values;(b) improved infrastructure and financial sustainabilityof religious affairs, particularly ofthe religious education system; (iii) greater participationof Islamic scholars in raising awarenessabout importance of implementation ofkey reforms; (iv) a greatly strengthened role ofthe religious institutions in programs for povertyreduction.ECONOMIC AND SOCIALDEVELOPMENTThe economic and social development strategy,vision, objectives and expected outcomes have6Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
een prioritized within the overall macro-fiscalframework to allow a logical progression ofinvestments that systematically overcome thecore binding constraints to growth and socialdevelopment. An integrated approach focusesinvestments through the sector strategiessummarized below. The sector strategies weredeveloped based on strategies first put forwardby individual ministries and groups of ministries.Although Ministry strategies were thestarting point, the sector strategies are broaderthan those of the ministries for several veryimportant reasons. First, the sector strategies inmany cases involve actions and programs thatneed to be undertaken by several ministries.Considerable attention has therefore beengiven to developing better coordination betweenministries through Inter-MinisterialCommittees. The sector strategies have alsotaken account of donor activities being implementedoutside of ministries and informed bythe Provincial Development Plans (PDPs). Thesuccess of the sector strategies will be heavilydependent on resource effectiveness, revenueenhancement and fiscal sustainability, humanand natural resource development and investmentsin productive and trade-based infrastructureand private sector driven development.Private Sector DevelopmentThe ANDS strategic objective is to enable theprivate sector to lead Afghanistan’s developmentwithin a competitive market-based economyin which the Government is the policymaker and regulator of the economy, not itscompetitor. The establishment of a strong enablingenvironment for a competitive privatesector is an on-going effort by both the Governmentand donors. Almost all sector strategiesinvolve the development of new legislation.The Government will enact and implementkey laws and amendments to establishthe basic legal and regulatory framework thatwill encourage private sector involvement insocial and economic development. Almost allsector strategies involve institutional strengtheningthat is designed to improve the ability ofministries and other agencies to administer legislationin an unbiased and predictable manner.Privatization and corporatization of stateowned enterprises is an on-going program thatis on schedule. It represents an important stepin expanding the scope for private sectorgrowth and development. These steps will: (i)improve general levels of efficiency in theeconomy; (ii) assist in eliminating corruption;(iii) encourage better resource allocation, and(iv) generate increased government revenues.An open trade policy will facilitate a competitiveenvironment for private sector development,avoid the high costs incurred with protectionistpolicies and facilitate Afghanistanbecoming better integrated as a ‘trading hub’ inthe region. Any proposals to provide protectionto particular industries will be evaluatedwith a proper ‘economy wide’ perspective thatfully accounts for the costs and benefits fromsuch actions, including the negative impacts onother firms and on the consumers who mustpay higher prices. Increased priority will begiven to regional economic cooperation initiativesaimed at developing regional transportationand transit infrastructure, facilitating regionaltrade and investment flows and developingAfghanistan as a regional business hublinking Central and East Asia with the MiddleEast and South Asia.A second major component of the private sectordevelopment strategy attempts to encourageincreased private sector investment by creatinginvestor friendly regulatory frameworksfor private sector operations in the developmentof natural resources and infrastructure.This approach has been very successful in thetelecommunications sector, where phone usagewent from less than 15,000 under a state monopolyto over five million subscribers as privateinvestments in cellular communicationwere encouraged. Significant initiatives areincluded in the sector strategies for energy,mining and agriculture based on leased accessto state lands to strengthen these investorfriendly regulatory frameworks, and pilot projectsand innovative initiatives are being investigatedto allow public funding to support privatesector activities in the provision of educationservices, vocational training and publichealth services.A third and closely related component of thestrategy is based on a concerted effort by theGovernment and the donor community tomore vigorously promote private sector investment.Given the limited capacities in thepublic sector and in the nascent domestic privatesector, much of this effort will focus ontrying to encourage foreign firms with the ex-The ANDS: An Overview 7
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Executive SummaryI. INTRODUCTIONAfg
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Executive Summarydeveloping capacit
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2. The Afghan National Police (ANP)
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threats are deterred, contained or
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Significant steps have been taken s
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Table 5.1. Integration of the Cross
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Current Situation in the SectorAfgh
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Justice system between government a
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Table 6.2. Key Objectives of the Na
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Current Situation in the SectorAchi
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Table 6.1. Cross cutting issues in
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CHAPTER 7ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELO
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commitments to increase the goods a
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investment opportunities cannot be
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Despite progress and efforts to dat
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tor regulator, which will adopt a t
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percent of households in Kabul and
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icy priorities and decisions pertai
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at the same time rehabilitating and
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Further, the unstable security situ
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ilitation that will provide all wea
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• Increased Agricultural Producti
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the poverty reduction goals. Carefu
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separate policies - one for basic t
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tions designed to promote Governmen
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• Urban Development: By the end o
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financing or co-production with use
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This Sector Strategy incorporates f
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high baseline level of 165 infant d
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temporary or permanent disabilities
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the primary level. In rural areas,
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carry out construction of buildings
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prosperous and productive future in
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to re-forest Afghanistan (i.e., “
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policy making. However, lack of the
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countries through policy negotiatio
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Provide housing, facilities and soc
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SectorAnti-CorruptionGendering fina
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CHAPTER 8CROSS-CUTTING ISSUESThe AN
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COUNTER NARCOTICSBackground and con
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inforcing the integrity of public a
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activities on gender. The Governmen
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Resources and Environment. The orga
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PART IIIAID EFFECTIVENESSANDCOORDIN
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children have enrolled in primary a
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crease donor support for preventive
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tation of the PRGF. Moreover, the s
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CHAPTER 10IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORKT
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lation and execution capacities to
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By committing themselves to funding
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Consultative Groups (CGs) will cont
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CHAPTER 11MONITORING FRAMEWORKThe A
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CHAPTER 12CONCLUSIONWhile significa
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larger and more efficient private s
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APPENDICES
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PILLAR : SECURITYSECTOR : SECURITYE
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APPENDIX IIMonitoring MatrixPILLAR:
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vincial capitalsImproved ICT covera
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services able throughout Afghanista
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