Official Documents
Securing Afghanistan's Future, a Government/International Agency report prepared for the March 2004 Berlin donors conference. See civil society critiques below
Afghan Government: National Development Framework and Budget (Islamic Transitional State website)
Civil Society Analysis
Enganging the IFIs in Afghanistan: the Emergence of Afghan Civil Society, Anne Carlin, Bank Information Center, December 2004 (Acrobat pdf 642 KB)
Final Evaulation Report of the Labour Intensive Works Programme, by Chris Johnson, independent consultant. Comissioned by CARE Afghanistan, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 285 KB)
Nomadic Pastoralists in Afghanistan: Reconstruction of the Pastoral Economy, by Dr. Thomas Barfield, BIC consultant, April 2004 (Acrobat pdf 1.2 MB) Also available: Dari
On ‘Securing Afghanistan’s Future’ The case for more and not less government, Novib-Oxfam Netherlands and ActionAid Alternatives, March 24, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 92 KB)
Comments on the report “Securing Afghanistan's Future”, ActionAid Afghanistan, February 24, 2004
ActionAid National Development Framework Research Project (ActionAid website)
Rush to Reengagement in Afghanistan: The IFIs' Post-Conflict Agenda (with a special Focus on the National Solidarity Program), by Anne Carlin, Bank Information Center, December 2003 (Acrobat pdf 1 MB). Also available: Dari
Afghanistan Policy Brief: “Good Intentions will not Pave the Road to Peace.”, CARE International, Center on International Cooperation, September 15, 2003
Bretton Woods Project Update No. 29, July/August 2002
Training Materials
Questions to be answered in the training, Bank Information Center, April 2004 (Acrobat pdf 68 KB). Also available: Dari
The WB and ADB in Afghanistan 1964-1979; 2002-March, 2004- Training Outline, Bank Information Center, June 2004 (Acrobat pdf 224 KB) Also available: Dari
ADB Fact Sheet, Bank Information Center, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 121 KB). Also available: Dari, April 2004
World Bank Fact Sheet, Bank Information Center, June 2004 (Acrobat pdf 127 KB). Also available: Dari, April 2004
ADB Loans and Grants to Afghanistan, Bank Information Center, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 110 KB). Also available: Dari, April 2004
World Bank Loans and Grants to Afghanistan, Bank Information Center, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 111 KB). Also available: Dari, April 2004
IFC Loans and Grants to Afghanistan, Bank Information Center, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 138 KB). Also available: Dari, April 2004
ADB Safeguard Policy Chart, Bank Information Center, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 103 KB). Also available: Dari
World Bank Safeguard Policy Chart, Bank Information Center, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 138 KB). Also available: Dari
ADB Contact Information, compiled by BIC, May 2004 (Acrobat pdf 87 KB)
World Bank Contact Information, compiled by BIC, June 2004 (Acrobat pdf 89 KB)
Press
How to Spend Wisely in Afghanistan, by Anne Carlin (BIC Consultant), New York Times Op-Ed, January 26, 2004. Also featured in the International Herald Tribune: Afghanistan: move forward wisely; not quickly (IHT website), January 28, 2004
BBC radio interview (in Pashtu) with BIC's Anne Carlin regarding her report: "Rush to Reengagement in Afghanistan", aired January 19-20, 2004 (mp3 audio file in three parts: part 1 859KB; part 2 1MB; part 3 660KB)
Useful Web Pages
The World Bank's Afghanistan Web page