Focus Areas

Working Group (WG) 3 focuses on improving Afghanistan’s business environment for domestic and foreign investment by increasing access to basic factors (land, labor, capital and enterprise) through simplified public procedures and processes; and increasing and improving public and private services for doing business life-cycle (from starting a business until close out). The WG is closely working with all stakeholders to promote overall investment in different sectors of Afghanistan through streamlined procedures and mechanisms such as Public Private Partnerships, digitally coordinated public service, streamlined taxation and easy entry and exit for international investors. WG 3 is tasked to initiate and implement reforms identified under the following sub-strategic priorities of Private Sector Development Priority Program (PSD-NPP, 2018-2023):

Strategic Priority 1:

• ‘Restoring confidence and creating an enabling environment for business’
  • Implementing an investment climate reform roadmap

Strategic Priority 3:

• Sharing risks and crowding in investment
  • Investment promotion
  • Providing opportunities for public private partnerships

The WG aims to improve Afghanistan’s ranking in World Bank’s Doing Business Indicator (DBI) report in:

• Starting Business
• Paying Taxes

The WG is scheduled to meet twice a month, at least 24 times a year; the meetings are called per the consensus of the minimum two co-chairs of the WG. For detailed information about the WG 3 mandate, objective, members and scope, download the WG Terms of Reference (ToR).