Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund ARTF 2015-2017
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Together with the Afghan Government, the World Bank has prepared an overarching Financing Strategy 2015-2017 that describes the overall direction of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) for the period 2015-2017. ARTF finances investments and recurrent costs. The investment window, that constitutes approximately 60% of the total volume, finances p...
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Together with the Afghan Government, the World Bank has prepared an overarching Financing Strategy 2015-2017 that describes the overall direction of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) for the period 2015-2017. ARTF finances investments and recurrent costs. The investment window, that constitutes approximately 60% of the total volume, finances projects within agriculture, human development, rural development, infrastructure and governance. The recurrent cost window, that constitutes approximately 40% of the volume, comprises a component for reimbursing the Afghan government for public non security related salary costs, as well as an incentive program supporting important PFM reforms and domestic resource mobilisation. Projects financed under the ARTF are in line with Afghan priorities expressed in national documents. The ARTF amounts to approximately 900 million USD annually. 16 bilateral donors contributed to the fund during 2014. The financing gap (the difference between agreed donor contributions and planned projects) amounts to approximately 2,3 billion USD. Based on indications from donors this gap is likely to be closed.
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Summarise the most important results during 2015-2017 Instruction: Reports, meetings and field visits can provide information on the results that have been achieved. Please focus on the most important results that have been achieved. Avoid long descriptions of activities. Please note that the results can be both expected and unexpected. A. Education Progress in human development outcomes has been among the most important achievements in post-2001 in Afghanistan. School attendance rates between 2013–2014 and 2016–2017 increased because of an increase of boys’ attendance rate to 65.5 percent in 2016–2017, while that of girls remained the same at only 45.5 percent. Girls to boys, age 6-12 years, enrolment ratio was 0.71 in 2017 as the MGD2 progress. The literacy rate, age 15 and above was 34.8% in 2017. 8.9 million (39% girls) enrolled in basic education. All children enrolled in schools supported by various interventions/ components of EQUIP. 210,274(74,758 girls) completed grade 12. The Grade 12 completion rate helps in measuring the dropout rates in the last stage of the upper secondary system and in determining the yearly outputs of the general education system either into higher education or the workforce. School grants - physical infrastructure improvement grants enhanced the quality of education. 8,541 classrooms rehabilitated or build at primary level. Teachers and principal education and in-service training conducted. 115000 teachers received teacher trainings. B. National Solidarity Program and Citizens' Charter The National Solidarity Program III (NSP III) 2011-2017, with funding amounting to 1,1 billion USD (mainly from ARTF but also a small contribution from IDA) was officially closed in 31 March 2017. The development objective was to build, strengthen, and maintain community development councils (CDCs) as effective institutions for local governance and socio-economic development. According to the World Bank's Implementation Completion and Result Report for NSP 2017, most of the results were achieved: - 70% of sampled communities recognize CDCs as the legitimate institution and representative of communities (96% achieved)- 60% of CDCs perform their functional mandates in the areas of community development and coordination, project implementation and conflict resolution (80% achieved)- 70% of sampled women representatives in the CDCs take active part in decision-making related to community development (79% achieved)- 70% of sampled communities have improved access to services (transport, irrigation, water supply etc.) - 80% achieved and at least 50% of total beneficiaries are female (48%) - 32% of CDC members are female which is a little less than the target (35%). According to the World Bank NSP III Implementation Status and Results Report 30-Mar-2017, 12,493 km rural roads were constructed, 141 km roads rehabilitated, 5,056,937 people in rural areas provided with access to improved water sources, 39,449 improved community water points constructed or rehabilitated, 7,953 improved latrines constructed, 361,523 hectares of area provided with irrigation and drainage services and 2,995 additional classrooms built or rehabilitated at the primary level. CDCs represent all parts of community and members discuss their issues, prioritize their needs and select projects together aiming to benefit as many villagers as possible. They have stronger voice and united approach in dealing with district authorities. C. Building government capacity - the Incentive Program A number of important reforms were supported under the Incentive Program. It is hard to prove that the matching grants funding that encouraged higher spending on operations and maintenance, as well as incentivised higher domestic revenue actually had the desired effects, although domestic resource mobilisation improved considerably over the period. The IP incentivizes timely implementation of reforms to improve domestic revenue mobilization, expenditure management, and growth prospects. The IP 2015-2017, part of the Recurrent Cost Window (RCW) of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), is a three-year, rolling operation supporting a series of policy reforms deemed critical for greater fiscal self-reliance. The disbursement rate of the project amounted to nearly 90 % in May 2018, when the last review under the program was done. Tax administration concerns raised by the business community are being addressed, supported by the Incentive Program. While enforcement measures remained strong, the IP also encouraged a rationalization of penalties to address concerns raised by the business community. Authorities also introduced a tax amnesty scheme to resolve many legacy tax disputes. Going forward, the operationalization of the Tax Disputes Resolution Board, which will include external board members, is expected to provide an additional avenue to address taxpayer concerns and support an improved business climate. The following reform areas were supported: - Customs: HR Reforms (not achieved), Enforcement (not achieved)- Tax administration: Re-Organization and Modernization (achieved), Tax Policy (achieved)- Land Administration and Management (partly achieved)- Doing Business Reforms (achieved)- Sustainability of Pension and Social Benefits (not achieved)- Electronic Payment Systems (mainly achieved)- Fiscal De-concentration and Provincial Budgeting (achieved)- External Audit (mainly achieved)
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