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A Brief Look Into The Country

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in theworld, ranking 170 out of 174 in the 1995 UNDP sHuman Development Index .

Its vital statistics are alarming . For the last 20years, armed conflict has threatened both livesand livelihoods. There has been a collapse in thepre-1978 rural economy. Basic social services forits population have largely disappeared.The conflict has claimed nearly 1.5 million livesand has displaced roughly 8 million people.


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Vital statistics on Afghanistan

Total population 20.1 million (approx.)Life expectancy 43 years

Literacy rate M e n- 4 5 % ; Wo m e n -13%Under age-5 mortality rate 257 per 1,000births

Infant mortality rate 165 per 1,000 birthsAccess to safe drinking water Rural 5%; Urban39%


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The vital areas that needs to be tappedfor reconstruction

EducationMining

IndustriesInfrastructureBanking

Agriculture and Animal husbandryBasic necessities


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Investment On Education

Total investment: 50 billion dollarsThe literacy rates of men and women is really

less that is why we find the importance ininvesting in this sector. Once this sector isimproved this would in turn help us todevelop the economy. The people will be ableto corporate with us in the futuredevelopment


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P lans of investment in education: With theallocated money build more primarysecondary, universities and technical schoolsand provide free education in internationalsstandards and also provide opportunities tostudents who wants to study abroad.Exp ected results of the investment : 75% of literacy rates within a decade.


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MINING

TOTAL INVESTMENT:250 BILLION DOLLARS

American geologists have discovered a hidden

treasure trove of minerals in Afghanistan that couldtransform the fortunes of the war-scarred country.The untapped deposits - including huge veins of gold,iron, copper, cobalt and key industrial metals likelithium - have been valued at more than 820billion.

US experts believe the find could turn Afghanistan froma bedraggled nation torn apart by generations of conflict into one of the most important mining centresin the world.


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The is the another sector where there is noimportance given but we realize theimportance of bringing up this sector becausethe above facts look very promising and couldmake this country like one of the middle eastcountriesExpected returns: Making this country adeveloping country from the status of anunderdeveloped country within a decade


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Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of naturalresources, including extensive deposits of naturalgas, petroleum, coal, marble, gold, copper,

chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore,salt, recious and semi-precious stones, and manyother materials.In 2006, a U.S. Geological Survey estimated thatAfghanistan has as much as 36 trillion cubic feet(1.010^ 12 m3) of natural gas, 3.6 billion barrels(57010^ 6 m3) of oil and condensate reserves.


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Supportive Industry

TOTAL INVESTMENT: 200 BILLION DOLLARS

The industries that we are planing todevelop is going to be in par with the miningindustry. What we have planned is that withmining industry as the epitome of the

investment we will be able to develop otherindustries which will help us in the maximumutilization of the mines.


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Expected returns: A huge chunk of returnsfrom the industries which are closely relatedto the mining industry.


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INFRASTRUCURE

TOTAL INVESTMENT:300 BILLION DOLLORSInvestment on portsInvestment of building road transportationBuilding international airportsImproving the railways of the country

EXPECTED RETURNS: improvement in thetransportation of the raw materials to and froand also increase the international trade


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We know that the extraction efforts are challenged byremote locations, some of which are in areascontrolled or at least threatened by the insurgency.There's weak infrastructure. This is obviouslysomething that we are trying to expand for the benefitof Afghanistan's economy... So it is a potentiallyimportant development. We're not underestimatingthe challenges involved here. But obviously, if thesethings can be developed over time, that offers the

ability for Afghanistan to have the resources necessaryto develop a modern economy, a legal economy, asopposed to the economy they currently have now,which is heavily dependent on narcotics


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Banking

Total Investment: 50 billion dollarsDevelopment of banking sector will

improve the flow of money from differentcountries which is essential for every country.

As a result of the new banks in the country,Afghans living overseas are sending more

money back home to their family or relatives.Afghanistan has received over $3.3 billionfrom its expatriate community in 2006.


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Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

Total investment:50 billion dollarsThe Afghan economy continues to beoverwhelmingly agricultural, despite the fact that

only 12% of its total land area is arable and lessthan 6% currently is cultivated. Spend onagriculture.Wheat and cereal production is Afghanistan'straditional agricultural mainstayThe availability of land suitable for grazing hastraditionally made animal husbandry animportant part of the economy


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Growing of dates and vegetables.Camel herding.

Expected returns: helps us in dealing with thepresent unemployment in the country.


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Providing basic necessities

Total investment: 100 billion dollars1st priority is providing basic necessities like

water, shelter, food ,communication andelectricity.Expected returns: good standard of living forthe citizens and also improved health andmedical condition


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