PDO and key objectives

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 million households are expected to be direct beneficiaries of the Components 1 to 3 while a total population of around 9 million are expected to benefit from the services of the infrastructure subprojects financed under this Project. 

Key PDO-level indicators include:

  1. Number of beneficiary households receiving livelihoods support/cash-for-work
  2. Number of vulnerable households receiving social grants
  3. Number of female-headed households
  4. Number of people with improved access to basic services