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Standard Project Report 2016
Country Context and WFP Objectives
Country Context
After decades of war, and with ongoing conflict, Afghanistan ranks 171 out of the 188 countries in the Human
Development Index of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for 2015. Afghanistan is a food-deficit
country that relies on imports to meet national consumption needs. The long term complex emergency in
Afghanistan is characterised by political and economic uncertainty alongside a dire security situation. The
presidential elections in April 2014 resulted in political tensions that continue to threaten the National Unity
Government. The country also experienced severe economic deterioration as a resul