{"id":17111,"date":"2025-12-15T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=17111"},"modified":"2025-12-15T04:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:00:31","slug":"world-bank-afghanistans-economy-continues-to-improve-for-2nd-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2025\/12\/15\/world-bank-afghanistans-economy-continues-to-improve-for-2nd-consecutive-year\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank: Afghanistan&#8217;s economy continues to improve for 2nd consecutive year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: In its latest report, the World Bank has stated that Afghanistan&#8217;s economy is showing improvement and growth for the second year in a row.<br>The report, titled &#8220;Recent Developments in Afghanistan,&#8221; indicates that this growth is attributed to &#8220;low inflation and increased revenues.&#8221;<br>However, the report also highlights factors putting pressure on the economy, including &#8220;rapid population growth, expanding trade deficits, and persistent poverty.&#8221;<br>According to the report, Afghanistan&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow by 3.4% in 2025, representing a 2.5% increase compared to 2024.<br>The World Bank further noted that a significant driver of this economic growth is the influx of over 2 million returning refugees from Iran and Pakistan, which has boosted services and industrial sectors.<br>Additionally, increases in wheat production and self-sufficiency, as well as growth in mining and construction materials, have been identified as contributing factors.<br>The report also acknowledged that the inflation rate in Afghanistan is currently low compared to the regional average, indicating stability in food supplies and the strengthening of national currencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: In its latest report, the World Bank has stated that Afghanistan&#8217;s economy is showing improvement and growth for the second year in a row.The report, titled &#8220;Recent Developments in Afghanistan,&#8221; indicates that this growth is attributed to &#8220;low inflation and increased revenues.&#8221;However, the report also highlights factors putting pressure on the economy, including &#8220;rapid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17111"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17113,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17111\/revisions\/17113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}