Afghanistan Digital CASA Project

Abstract*

The objective of the Digital Central Asia South Asia Project for Afghanistan is to increase access to more affordable Internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector and improve the participating governments’ capacity to deliver digital government services in Central Asia and parts of South Asia, through the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment. There are four components to the project, the... Show More

Development Objective

Digital CASA Program-level PDO: To increase access to more affordable Internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector and improve the participating governments' capacity to deliver digital government services in Central Asia and parts of South Asia, through the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment. Digital CASA Afghanistan PDO: To increase access to more affordable Internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector, and improve the government's capacity to deliver digital Government services in Afghanistan, by contributing to the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P156894
Status
Active
Team Leader
Rajendra Singh , Abdul Khalili
Borrower 2
Ministry of Finance

Country
Afghanistan
Disclosure Date
June 29, 2016
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
March 28, 2018
Effective Date
May 15, 2018

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 51.00 million
Implementing Agency
Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority,Ministry of Communications and IT (MCIT)
Region
South Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2018

Commitment Amount
US$ 51.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
April 5, 2023
Closing Date
June 30, 2025

Consultant Services required
TBD
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change9%
- FY17 - Adaptation9%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender31%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - ICT63%
- FY17 - ICT Policies22%
- FY17 - ICT Solutions56%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration53%
- FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services53%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion16%
- FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement16%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Disaster Risk Management9%
- FY17 - Disaster Risk Reduction9%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Grant	51.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	51.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	51.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	51.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Nov 30, 2020	IDA-D2820	Loan Disb	1,000,000.00
Aug 24, 2020	IDA-D2820	Loan Disb	227,159.98
Oct 22, 2019	IDA-D2820	Loan Disb	386,199.16
Jun 9, 2021	IDA-D2820	Loan Disb	680,194.40
Mar 28, 2019	IDA-D2820	Loan Disb	668,850.00
Mar 28, 2018	IDA-D2820	Loan Commitment	51,000,000.00
Jan 2, 2020	IDA-D2820	Loan Disb	402,034.44

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Unsatisfactory	2022-10-31
Project Management	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2022-10-31
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Unsatisfactory	2022-10-31
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-10-31
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2022-10-31
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Unsatisfactory	2022-10-31
Overall Safeguards Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-10-31

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 04-25-2023
Outcomes	Unsatisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 09-27-2023	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Highly Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance		N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

People provided with access to the Internet Value 7800000.00 12000000.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Private sector investments committed through the Project (in millions) Value 0.00 30.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of e-Services and Applications Utilizing the Shared Services Platform Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 June 17, 2021
Comment
People provided with access to the Internet - Female Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 January 25, 2019
Comment
People provided with access to the Internet Value 22.50 22.50 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 January 25, 2019
Comment
International Internet Bandwidth per Capita (Kbps) Value 1.20 10.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Average retail price for 1 GB, prepaid, mobile data package Value 1.40 0.65 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Users report satisfaction with the services (Component 2: e-Government) Value 0.00 50.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of institutions and Government agencies connected to the Government Network (GovNet) Value 6.00 346.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Grievances addressed within stipulated time Value 0.00 80.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of MCIT and ATRA officials trained Value 0.00 500.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Tariff regulation issued Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of Government agencies using the G-Cloud Shared Infrastructure Value 0.00 20.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Length of fiber optic network Value 4700.00 6200.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Qualityof Service (QoS) Regulation Issued Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
of which percent female Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 January 25, 2019
Comment
Number of national portal visitors per year Value 0.00 4.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of cross-border fiber-optic links Value 8.00 10.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Users report satisfaction with the services Value 0.00 50.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Interconnection regulation issued Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of e-services developed under the project Value 0.00 4.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
International Internet Bandwidth Pre-Purchased by Government (Gbps) Value 0.00 20.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Users report satisfaction with the services (Component 1: Connectivity) Value 0.00 50.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Number of online transactions per year under e-services developed by the project Value 0.00 2.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Wholesale Transit Pricing per Mbps Value 25.00 10.00 0.00
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Allocation of 4G spectrum Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
IXP Operational Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
National Broadband Policy prepared and submitted for approval Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment
Bidding documents for the development of e-services incorporates specific provisions to train female staff Value No Yes
Date December 29, 2017 March 31, 2023
Comment

People provided with access to the Internet	Value	7800000.00	12000000.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

People provided with access to the Internet	Value	22.50	22.50	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	January 25, 2019
	Comment

International Internet Bandwidth per Capita (Kbps)	Value	1.20	10.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Average retail price for 1 GB, prepaid, mobile data package	Value	1.40	0.65	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Number of institutions and Government agencies connected to the Government Network (GovNet)	Value	6.00	346.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Tariff regulation issued	Value	No	Yes
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Length of fiber optic network	Value	4700.00	6200.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

of which percent female	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	January 25, 2019
	Comment

Number of cross-border fiber-optic links	Value	8.00	10.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Interconnection regulation issued	Value	No	Yes
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Wholesale Transit Pricing per Mbps	Value	25.00	10.00	0.00
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

Allocation of 4G spectrum	Value	No	Yes
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment

IXP Operational	Value	No	Yes
	Date	December 29, 2017	March 31, 2023
	Comment