AFGHANISTAN
Aid fact sheet: Updated October 2017
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2016-17 Estimated Outcome ($m)*
2017-18 Budget Estimate ($m)*
Country Programs 82.0 80.0
Regional 0.2 0.2
Global 0.7 0.7
Other Government Departments 1.5 -
Total Australian ODA to Country 84.5 80.9
% of Total Australian ODA 2.2% 2.1%
$80.9 MILLION ESTIMATED AUSTRALIAN ODA 2017-18 US$580 (2016) GROSS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA
32,500,000 (2015) POPULATION
Australia has provided more than
$1.34 billion in ODA to Afghanistan since 2001. While important gains have been made, three decades of war have meant that Afghanistan faces ongoing development, security and financial challenges. It remains one of the most difficult
environments in which we deliver aid.
Strategic direction
Australia’s ODA focuses on supporting Afghanistan to become a more prosperous, secure and self-reliant nation. Towards this objective, Australia and other donors have committed to help strengthen Afghan Government systems by providing at least 50 per cent of development assistance as ‘on-budget’ support through multilateral trust funds, and aligning at least 80 per cent of assistance with Afghanistan’s National Priority Programs.
In alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Australia’s aid program in Afghanistan focuses on achieving three strategic objectives:
• supporting the Afghan Government to maintain economic growth and institute more effective and accountable governance;
• empowering women and girls by addressing barriers to their social, political and economic participation; and
• building resilience and supporting at-risk communities, including through the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Program highlights
• In 2016-17, Australia’s education program in Afghanistan helped improve education opportunities for over 5,387 students (73 per cent girls) across 135 communities.
• Australia’s Ending Violence Against Women program supported training for over 1,665 police and justice officials on gender-based violence management and application of the ending violence against women law.
• Australian funding to the World Food Programme (WFP) helped provide food assistance to more than 3.5 million food-insecure and undernourished Afghans affected by conflict or natural disasters.
Key framework documents
Aid Investment Plan Afghanistan 2015-16 to 2017-18
Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation between Australia and Afghanistan
ODA = Official Development Assistance
1%
14%
61%
7%
1%
16%
Australian ODA to Afghanistan, by Investment Priorities 2017-18
Infrastructure and Trade
Agriculture, Fisheries and Water
Effective Governance Education
Health
Building Resilience
*Due to rounding, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
