Afghanistan was 165 of 180 countries in Transparency International’s corruption index in 2020 — though it has risen 11 places since 2012.

Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Credit: Ezzatullah Mehrdad The 2020 Afghanistan Conference, to be hosted jointly by Finland, the United Nations and the government of Afghanistan, is scheduled ...

Afghanistan’s economy is set to contract by between 5.5 percent and 7.4 percent in 2020 because of COVID-19, exacerbating poverty, and leading to a sharp decline in government revenues, says the World ...

Years of violence, instability and corruption have crippled Afghanistan's economy, making it difficult for businesses to flourish and keeping much of the population impoverished.

The recent release of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)’s Human Development Report 2020 is another reminder for Afghans to think more deeply about the country’s development ...

Years of violence, instability and corruption have crippled Afghanistan's economy, making it difficult for businesses to flourish and keeping much of the population impoverished.

This edition of the Afghanistan Development Update reports that the agriculture sector drove the economic growth rate to 2.2 percent in 2016. With the fiscal situation having improved in 2016, outlook ...

A big part of the country’s economic progress in this period can be attributed to women. While the overall average return on investment in education remains low in Afghanistan, it is high for women.

What you need to know about Afghanistan’s economy and the push to keep its overseas assets out of Taliban hands.

Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's economy contracted by about 20 per cent in 2021, according to the World Bank's (WB) new Afghanistan Development Update, which states the Afghan ...