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Financial Sector Rapid Response - Additional Financing

Development Objective

To assist DAB to develop action plans for improved banking supervision and to establish key building blocks of financial sector infrastructure: payment system, movable collateral registry, and public credit registry.

Key Details

Project Details

  • P160073

  • Closed

  • Ahmed Rostom

  • N/A

  • Afghanistan

  • September 20, 2016

  • (as of board presentation)

    October 27, 2016

  • N/A

  • US$ 20.00 million

  • N/A

  • South Asia

  • 2017

  • US$ 20.00 million

  • C

  • May 27, 2021

  • October 31, 2019

  • Yes

  • BANK APPROVED

  • P119047

  • Notes

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

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Financier Commitments
IDA Grant 20.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment N/A
IDA Commitment 20.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment 20.00
Lending Instrument
Grant Amount N/A
Total Project Cost** 20.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

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Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

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COMPLETION RATINGS

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INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

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Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Actions plans developed, with initial implementation monitored,for the ten banks auditedValueNo action planTargeted TA on banking supervision under procuremeAction plans under implementation
    DateAugust 1, 2011October 7, 2015October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Payment system conforms to international normsValueNot conformNot conformSubstantially Conform
    DateAugust 1, 2011October 7, 2015October 31, 2019
    Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Audit reports completed highlighting strengths and weaknesses of each bankValueNo auditreports tointernationalstandardsAudits completedAudits completed
    DateAugust 1, 2011October 7, 2015June 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Interbank paymentValueT+1 for Kabul area and T+3 for other areasT+1 for Kabul area and T+3 for other areasSame day all over Afghanistan
    DateAugust 1, 2011August 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Card payment systemValueNo interbank card systemImplementation of interbank card system underway. System goes live and, on an ongoing basis, process
    DateAugust 1, 2011August 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Rating of national payment systemValueLow: a, e, f; Med-low: d; n.a. b, cLow: a, e, f; Med-low: d; n.a. b, cMed-High: a, b, d, f; Med-Low: c, e
    DateAugust 1, 2011August 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Effective Financial Supervision Department (FSD) organization with training processes in place to ensure sustainable capacity developmentValueRevised FSDorganizationapproved byDABProcurement of TA for Financial Supervision DepartContinuous implementation of action plan
    DateNovember 1, 2013June 2, 2015October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Approval by DAB of financial sector regulations ensuring consistency with international standardsValueAfghanistan financial sector regulations not fullyA new banking law and AML/CFT regulations were apKey regulations approved
    DateNovember 1, 2013August 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Increase in the number of creditreports sent by the Public Credit Registry to commercial banksValue0.00115000.00250000.00
    DateNovember 1, 2013March 31, 2016October 31, 2019
    CommentAs of end-March 2016, DAB indicated more than 115,000 credit records have been registered in the PCR system, of which around 40%records are for women.
  • Increase in the number of items of collateral registered in the Collateral RegistryValue815.005828.0010000.00
    DateNovember 1, 2013June 30, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • RTGS operational and transactions settled in real time by end of projectValueNo RTGSNo RTGSRTGS goes live
    DateAugust 1, 2011October 7, 2015October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of commercial banks? staff trained in AIBF reaches 4,500 by end of projectValue101748506000
    DateAugust 1, 2011August 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • of which the number of female commercial bank staff trainedValue2431200
    DateDecember 31, 2011August 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Improved sustainability of APS and AIBFValue0.000.0050.00
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Increased transparency through the adoption of international central bank accounting and auditing standardsValueFinancial statements prepared based on local accouDAB financial statements for the year ended in 201
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Enhanced operational efficiency of DAB staff : percentage reduction in time spent to prepare DAB balance sheetValue080%
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • DAB training - Number of key DAB staff trainedValue01443
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Commentcentral banking curriculum to be rolled out under the projectall eligible DAB key staff (as of September 2016)
  • Number of DAB staff who have completed or enrolled into a Bachelor or Masters programValue88.000.00250.00
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • DAB training - Percentage of eligible staff in critical functions who completed specialized, professional training sessionsValue0.000.0050.00
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of key DAB female staff trained under the projectValue0172
    DateAugust 16, 2016October 31, 2019
    Comment172 key DAB staff are women (as of 08/16/2016)
  • Percentage increase in the number of on-site and off-site examinations by the departmentValue0.000.0010.00
    DateNovember 1, 2013June 2, 2015October 31, 2019
    Comment