United Nations Strategic Framework for Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR AFGHANISTAN 31 4.2 Economic Opportunities and Resilient Livelihoods OUTCOME 2. By the end of 2025, more people in Afghanistan, notably women and vulnerable groups, will benefit from an increasingly inclusive economy, with greater equality of economic opportunities, jobs, more resilient livelihoods, strengthened food value chains, and improved natural resources management. - Addressing Afghanistan's chronic economic challenges will require community-level resilience strengthening towards shocks and stressors - including natural hazards and economic shocks and bottom-up and inclusive economic recovery that creates decent jobs, raises incomes, and increases agricultural and industrial production. This will require greater macroeconomic and fiscal stability and an enabling environment that facilitates economic growth and creates more decent work opportunities, especially for excluded groups such as women. Private sector-led economic development will depend on a more favourable policy and regulatory environment, as well as the availability of the requisite business development services, access to finance, and infrastructure that stimulates investment and growth. Functional tripartite forums with the engagement of trade unions and employers' associations will be required to ensure decent work and compliance of working conditions with labour standards. Strengthening a labour force that meets labour market needs will require investments in skilled personnel to deliver necessary market-relevant knowledge and skills. More efficient, sustainable, and resilient agribusiness, handcraft, and garment value chains underpinned by sustainable natural resource management will support economic opportunities for rural livelihoods and contribute towards improved food security. Employment-intensive and climate- resilient approaches to the rehabilitation and construction of community assets will create jobs and build resilience. Additionally, the capacities of communities, ecosystems, food systems, and institutions across the country will also need to be strengthened to anticipate, absorb, manage, and adapt to natural shocks, including climate-related shocks and stressors, especially floods and droughts. However, the country's potential can only be realized if restrictions on women's rights related to mobility, full participation in the economy, and education are removed and their participation is promoted and sustained. The UN, with its partners, will work in the following areas towards achievement of these goals.

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