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Women's Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project

Abstract*

The development objective of the Women's Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project for Afghanistan is to increase social and economic empowerment of poor rural women in selected communities. The project comprises of four components. The first component, community mobilization and institution development aim to build sustainable community institutions through social and economic mobilization of rural women. The second component, access to finance... Show More

Development Objective

To increase social and economic empowerment of poor rural women in selected communities.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P164443
Status
Active
Team Leader
Amanullah Alamzai , Manievel Sene
Borrower 2
Ministry of Finance

Country
Afghanistan
Disclosure Date
February 19, 2018
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
September 28, 2018
Effective Date
October 23, 2018

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 100.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Women Affairs (MOWA)
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Fiscal Year 3
2019

Commitment Amount
US$ 100.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
June 30, 2026

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
April 16, 2023

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 change5%
- FY17 - Adaptation3%
- FY17 - Mitigation3%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Financial Infrastructure and Access16%
- FY17 - Financial inclusion16%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender80%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs31%
- FY17 - Job Quality31%
- FY17 - Youth Employment31%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion26%
- FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement26%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development26%
- FY17 - Rural Markets26%
- FY17 - Rural Non-farm Income Generation13%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund	75.00
IDA Grant	25.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	25.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	25.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	75.00
Total Project Cost**	100.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of September 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of September 30, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	10,534.30
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	22,422.34
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	17,469.06
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	13,457.59
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	3,375.09
Jan 28, 2021	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	3,000,000.00
Sep 4, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	89,250.00
Sep 4, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	186,198.00
Sep 4, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	58,100.00
Sep 4, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	56,000.00
Sep 4, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	107,733.00
Sep 8, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	72,100.00
Oct 20, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	1,248,531.00
Oct 20, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	74,498.51
Oct 20, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	97,182.24
Oct 20, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	97,182.24
Oct 20, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	-97,142.83
Oct 20, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	-97,142.83
Sep 21, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	91,699.99
Jul 1, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	89,250.00
Sep 9, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	68,576.01
Jul 1, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	107,733.01
Jul 1, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	36,050.00
Jul 1, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	68,576.01
Sep 9, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	164,490.02
Sep 9, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	137,197.81
May 11, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	1,117,018.40
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	68,576.00
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	89,250.00
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	107,733.01
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	236,896.73
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	36,050.00
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	-36,010.01
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	-89,210.01
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	-68,536.00
Jun 24, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	-107,693.00
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	224,874.40
Jul 14, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	91,700.00
Jul 14, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	56,000.00
Jul 14, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	58,100.00
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	205,624.80
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	226,623.40
Feb 21, 2019	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	924,000.00
Sep 28, 2018	IDA-D3840	Loan Commitment	25,000,000.00
Nov 18, 2019	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	823,561.40
Feb 16, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	414,304.00
Feb 16, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	350,340.84
Feb 16, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	580,971.00
Feb 16, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	112,245.52
Feb 16, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	745,702.44
Feb 15, 2022	IDA-D3840	Loan Disb	1,045,609.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2022-11-29
Project Management	Satisfactory	2022-11-29
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-11-29
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-11-29
Financial Management	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2022-11-29
Overall Safeguards Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-11-29
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2022-11-29

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 11-23-2022
Outcomes	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 06-30-2023	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance		N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiaries reached with financial services Value 56128.00 772792.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Number of Direct Beneficiaries Value 56128.00 772792.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Percentage of women EGs/PAs showing increase in real value of sales Value 0.00 11.40 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Number of Direct Female Beneficiaries Value 31309.00 455756.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Women SHG members from poor or vulnerable households Value 0.00 84.90 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Net aggregate savings mobilized Value 5257039.09 10820713.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions Value 5455.00 19156.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Share of household from selected communities with at least one woman in a Self-Help Group (SHG) Value 0.00 64.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Number of SHGs that have received a grant Value 0.00 9423.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Eligible Women's SHGs federated into village-level primary federations i.e. VSLAs Value 5.00 58.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions - Female Value 3864.00 3864.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Number of VSLAs that have received a grant Value 0.00 494.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Women supported by the project engaging in income-generating activity Value 14 The initial results for this indicator based on me 28
Date April 1, 2021 June 30, 2023 August 31, 2021
Comment
Women SHGs engaged in social activities apart from savings Value 0.00 38.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Number of women SHG/VSLA members taking a loan Value 22571.00 102045.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
EGs/PAs having established business partnership and linkages with private sector firms/SMEs Value 4.00 19.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
VSLAs achieving operational self-sufficiency of 100% Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Grievances raised in the Grievance Redressal Mechanism that are addressed Value 0.00 75.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
VSLAs with Portfolio at risk (PAR) under 5% Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Number of Project Staff trained in various aspects of project management Value 0.00 643.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment
Female first-time users of formal financial services Value 0.00 1734.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2018 August 31, 2021
Comment

Beneficiaries reached with financial services	Value	56128.00	772792.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Number of Direct Beneficiaries	Value	56128.00	772792.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Number of Direct Female Beneficiaries	Value	31309.00	455756.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Net aggregate savings mobilized	Value	5257039.09	10820713.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions	Value	5455.00	19156.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Eligible Women's SHGs federated into village-level primary federations i.e. VSLAs	Value	5.00	58.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions - Female	Value	3864.00	3864.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Women supported by the project engaging in income-generating activity	Value	14	The initial results for this indicator based on me	28
	Date	April 1, 2021	June 30, 2023	August 31, 2021
	Comment

Number of women SHG/VSLA members taking a loan	Value	22571.00	102045.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment

EGs/PAs having established business partnership and linkages with private sector firms/SMEs	Value	4.00	19.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2018	August 31, 2021
	Comment