Environmental and Social Management Framework for the Afghanistan Naghlu Hydropower Rehabilitation Project (NHRP) / Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS).

Cover title.
“February, 2014”.
“E4243 ; REV”—cover page.
“برښنا، دافغانستان برښنا شرکت”—at head of title.
“Public Disclosure Authorized”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: List of acronyms—Executive summary—I. Background and project context—II. Policy, legal and regulatory framework—III. Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)—IV. Responsibilities for environment & social assessment process—List of annexes.

Summary: “Background and project context—1. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA), through its 2006Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS), set out ambitious three to five year goals for increasing access to electricity. The aim was for electricity supply to reach at least 65 percent of households and 90 percent of non-residential establishments in major urban areas and at least 25 percent of households in rural areas. This would have represented a considerable increase over the rate of electrification – which had last been reliably estimated at six percent nationwide in 2003. More recent estimates suggest that some 25-30 percent of households have access to grid electricity…”—(page 5).

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