Afghanistan’s Development Path: An Economic Analysis

Running head: ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT
Afghanistan’s development path
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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Growth path of Afghanistan:......................................................................................................3
Driver of growth of Afghanistan:...............................................................................................8
Comparison of Afghanistan’s performance with its peers:........................................................9
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................9
Reference:................................................................................................................................10

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Table of Figures
Figure 1: Afghanistan population...............................................................................................3
Figure 2: Afghanistan per capita income...................................................................................3
Figure 3: Afghanistan GDP growth rate....................................................................................4
Figure 4: Afghanistan unemployment rate.................................................................................5
Figure 5: Afghanistan inflation rate...........................................................................................5
Figure 6: Afghanistan corruption rank.......................................................................................6
Figure 7: Afghanistan consumer spending.................................................................................7

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Introduction:
Afghanistan is one of the growing nations in the Asian region that has been
demonstrating improvement during the last decade through the infusion of the billions of
dollars via international remittances and assistance. This rise in the foreign investment has
aided the country’s economy to face growth during the last three decades making
Afghanistan one of the stable economy around the world. With GDP growth rate of 2.2% it is
one of the growing economy in the Asian region that has shown extraordinary transformation
in its economic performance (Park et al. 2017). Over four decades of Taliban occupancy, the
way Afghanistan has been transforming its economy on daily basis, it can be said that, soon it
will become one of the largest developing nation in its region. In order to have better
perspective regarding the performance of the Afghanistan’s economy this report is aimed to
provide insight details regarding the same (Noorzai et al. 2017). Through analysing the socio
economic structure of the economy and providing details regarding the political, economic as
well as human development phenomenon of the economy, this report will provide the growth
path of the Afghanistan during the last few decades.