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| Inauguration of a railway project: Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda inaugurated a 75-kilometer stretch of railway line that connects the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif to the country's bustling northern border with Uzbekistan. View the video.
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Economic Outlook
The highlight from the Asian Development Outlook 2010:
The economy grew robustly on a recovery in agriculture in FY2009, and inflation declined sharply. More widely, the politico-economic environment was characterized by a significant worsening in security, as well as corruption and uncertainty. Steady economic growth and development in the medium term require continued moves toward the following: strengthening security, building critical infrastructure, substantially raising government institutional capacity while improving governance, creating a pro-growth business regulatory environment, fostering social inclusion and equity, and expanding access to social services. Read more.
3.14.1 GDP growth
More economic and social indicators for Afghanistan from the World Bank's World Development Indicators online.
Human Development
The United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report program has prepared a series of reports on Afghanistan.
Partner Institutions and Afghanistan
Afghanistan