Since its inception in 2006, our initiative in Afghanistan has supported local businesses, marketplace development, and job creation.
Businesses
Verified
Contracts
Facilitated
Jobs
Created
Population: 29.1 million (UN, 2010)
Languages: Dari, Pashto
Monetary unit: Afghani
Main Exports: Fruit and nuts, carpets, wool, opium (CIA World Factbook, 2012)
GNI per capita: US $370 (World Bank, 2009)
ODA: $6.24 billion (OECD, 2009)
Human Development Index ranking: 172 out of 189 (UN, 2010)
Estimated GDP growth: 22.5% (World Bank 2009/2010)
Our work in Afghanistan has achieved the following results.*
*Source: Building Markets, June 2014
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