Project Development Objective

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to provide short-term livelihood opportunities and deliver urgent basic services in rural and urban areas of Afghanistan. A total of 1.5 million households are expected to be direct beneficiaries of the Social Grants for the Most Vulnerable and Emergency Livelihoods Support for Rural and Urban areas14.4 million are expected to benefit from the services of the urban small-scale services financed under this Project. 

Key PDO-level indicators include:

  • Number of beneficiary households receiving livelihoods support/cash-for-work: Target 1 million

  • Number of vulnerable households receiving social grants: Target 150,000

  • Number of female-headed households receiving social grants: Target monitored for progress

  • Number of people with improved access to basic services: Target 11.6 million