Afghanistan Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project (ACRLP)

The Afghanistan Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project (CRLP) is a US$562 million initiative supported by the World Bank and Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF). CRLP was initially approved on 29th April 2022. In January and April 2024, the project was extended to 31 December 2025. On 11 February 2026, the World Bank signed additional funding of US $143m extending the project to 31 December 2027.

Through this second Additional Financing grant to UNOPS, the Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project is expected to reach over 1.8 million households with short-term jobs, provide 18.1 million Afghans with basic services and economic productivity-enhancing assets, and benefit women in around 11,000 communities with actions to expand their participation in decision-making. The CRLP's tried-and-tested community-driven approach will continue to target resources to poor and vulnerable groups, including female headed households, returnees, and internally displaced people. The CRLP supports the refreshed WBG Strategy for Engaging in FCV Settings by continuing service delivery through local platforms, maintaining, and building on community institutions and infrastructure, and supporting MSMEs as a major source of jobs. The CRLP will continue to apply and adapt measures to ensure delivery by and for women. The Project also introduces new private sector actors to deliver activities, including the scale-up of a digital payments platform for wages and social grants that will enhance efficiency, traceability, and accountability in the use of funds, while expanding access to financial services.

This will be done through these key interventions: More...