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help increase revenues from existing non-tax revenue streams as well as
identify new sources of non-tax revenue. APFM managers and advisors also
embedded at several Afghan ministries, including the MOF’s provincialbudget
unit, where they helped guide the FY 1396 (2017) operations and
maintenance (O&M) budget process; the Ministry of Public Health, where
they helped expand O&M reform from 13 to 24 provincial hospitals to
increase health-service delivery in an additional 21 provinces; and at the
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, where they helped draft a report used
to determine staff levels and resources needed for disaster support for six
insecure provinces, and provided technical input for “emergency development
packages.” 651
U.S. ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
Most assistance from the Economic Support Fund goes toward USAID’s
development programs. In September 2015, USAID published an updated
Performance Management Plan to guide and measure its development
objectives, and to articulate its development strategy through 2018.
The plan will be reviewed at least annually and updated as necessary. 652
Figure 3.30 shows USAID assistance by sector.
FIGURE 3.30
USAID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, CUMULATIVE DISBURSEMENTS, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016
($ MILLIONS)
Infrastructure
4,118
Governance
Stabilization
2,389
2,386
Agriculture
2,060
Unpreferenced*
Economic Growth
Health
Education
1,210
1,147
1,033
883
Program Support 348
$0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000
Note: Numbers rounded. Agriculture programs include Alternative Development. Infrastructure programs include power,
roads, extractives, and other programs that build health and education facilities. *Unpreferenced funds are U.S.
contributions to the ARTF that can be used for any ARTF-supported initiatives.
Source: SIGAR analysis of USAID, response to SIGAR data call, 1/18/2017; SIGAR analysis of World Bank, ARTF
Administrator’s Report on Financial Status, as of November 20, 2016, accessed 1/15/2017.
Development of Natural Resources
Developing Afghanistan’s natural-resources sector and reforming the fiscal
administration for its extractives industries are essential to strengthening
domestic revenue collection. However, the security environment,
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