Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Decision Point Document and Debt Sustainability Analysis

International Monetary Fund

No 2007/253, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper presents the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’s decision point and debt sustainability analysis under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. Protracted conflict and political instability have undermined Afghanistan’s socioeconomic development, resulting in widespread poverty and weak social development. Nevertheless, Afghanistan’s economy has achieved a major recovery since late 2001, with robust gross domestic product growth, albeit from a low level. The absence of officially recognized poverty estimates has prevented a systematic diagnosis of poverty in Afghanistan.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; real GDP; deficit; debt ratio; debt service; central government; government plan; fiscal policy; C. debt sustainability; debt management; debt vulnerability; revenue objective; sensitivity analysis; economic growth; poverty reduction strategy paper; Afghan authorities; private sector; debt situation; public expenditure; sustainability framework; Debt relief; Debt service; Budget planning and preparation; South Asia; Central Asia; IDA status; reconciliation status; IDA assistance; decision point (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63
Date: 2007-07-26
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