Multidimensional Poverty in Afghanistan: Policy-oriented Report using the 2020 Afghanistan Income Expenditure and Labour Force Survey

This report, focusing on Afghanistan using 2020 data, moves away from standard income poverty assess­ments and explores multidimensional poverty in this IsDB Member Country. It brings to light multidimensional poverty as experienced at the national and subnational levels, providing a basis by which IsDB country programmes and government policies can be crafted. 

The report is action-oriented with a focus on relevant policy insights. It highlights the nuanc­es of Afghanistan’s multidimensional poverty situation through a systematic analytical framework, bringing out, for example, variations across sub-regions, between ur­ban and rural populations, and across age groups.

Citation: IsDBI and OPHI (2022). ‘Multidimensional Poverty in Afghanistan: Policy-oriented Report using the 2020 Afghanistan Income Expenditure and Labour Force Survey’, IsDBI–OPHI Brief No. 7, Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Oxford, UK.