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The Afghanistan Poverty Status Update was jointly produced by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's Ministry of Economy and the World Bank.It used the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) data and according to its assessment 36% of Afghan population remained poor in 2007–08 and in 2012.
The children are being sold, forced to work, and facing starvation. Child labor, malnutrition, and education restrictions have put the future of Afghanistan's youth in peril: 'This is not the ...
The cycle of poverty perpetuates itself, as child brides have limited future employment opportunities; in one survey, 94.3% of women who had been child brides reported that they were unemployed. [5] The Taliban's August 2021 takeover of Afghanistan increased poverty and desperation. Two months later, over half the population suffered food ...
As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions." [11] "National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates ...
Afghanistan has spiraled into near-universal poverty since the Taliban took over. The price of basic goods has surged, drought is worsening food insecurity and some have resorted to selling their ...
School officials have raised concerns about 16 adults and 24 students from the Cajon Valley Union School District in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon.
Help Afghan School Children Organization (HASCO) is a Vienna-based non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the promotion of education of Afghan disadvantaged children. HASCO was founded in 2002 by an Afghan humanitarian Hafizullah Khaled .
Afghanistan is a World Bank Group member country. It has received financial support from the organization since 2002. The World Bank provides loans and grants to support its development and reconstruction efforts. The bank aims to help Afghanistan with matters such as poverty reduction, infrastructure development, education, and governance.