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This set of contract awards includes data on commitments against contracts that were reviewed by the Bank before they were awarded (prior-reviewed Bank-funded contracts) under IDA/IBRD investment projects and related Trust Funds. This dataset does not list all contracts awarded by the Bank, and should be viewed only as a guide to determine the distribution of major contract commitments among the Bank's member countries. "Supplier Country" represents place of supplier registration, which may or not be the supplier's actual country of origin. Information does not include awards to subcontractors nor account for cofinancing. The Procurement Policy and Services Group does not guarantee the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any consequences of its use. The World Bank complies with all sanctions applicable to World Bank transactions.

Summary lending data comprising total approved, disbursed and undisbursed amounts together with borrower obligation (outstanding & overdue amounts) of all current developmental IDA credits as of the date indicated. Borrower obligation does not include grants as they are not repayable. Amounts are rounded to billions of US$ equivalent converted as of the date indicated. Current credits include credits that have not been fully repaid, terminated or cancelled.

This dataset contains metadata and links for all archive documents on the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund web site.

The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) generates a quarterly report to Donors. This dataset represents acronyms defined in the quarterly report, and are applicable to the ARTF program as a whole.

This data represents project development objective indicators for the ARTF portfolio (from 2001 through today). This dataset pulls project indicator measurements from ARTF implementation status reports. The indicator descriptions are pulled from the ARTF results matrix. http://www.artf.af//images/uploads/ARTF_Results_Matrix_January_2014.pdf

This data represents allocations from the ARTF to specific projects. This dataset is a source for the Monthly Administrator's Report on Financial Status.

Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) - Donor Contributions: This data represents Donor contributions (pledges and paid-in amounts) towards the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF).