Fiscal Management and Public Administration Reform Program

Further assistance to the government, especially the Ministry of Finance (MOF), is crucial in order for reforms under subprogram 1 to become effective and be sustainable. But the approach to the provision of this assistance must also change. Instances have been highlighted in which high levels of technical assistance (TA) have constrained learning-by-doing on the part of local counterparts, and overwhelmed the incentives that normally underpin successful capacity development. Future ADB institutional reform programs in Afghanistan should include a specific and realistic strategy for capacity development that takes the following into account that