KABUL, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - The average per capita monthly expenditure of nine million Afghans is less than 66 US cents a day, and millions of other Afghans spend about $42 a month, according to a summary of Afghanistan's new National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA).
NRVA 2007/08 was produced by the government with European Union funding and in collaboration with aid agencies.
A bleak picture is painted:
26 percent literacy rate (12 percent female and 39 male)
24 percent of all child deliveries are attended by a skilled birth attendant
Less than 30 percent of people have access to safe drinking water
Over 90 percent do not have access to proper sanitation
About 20 percent have electricity in their homes.
Half of the estimated population of 25 million is under 15
"NRVA is an effective tool for. poverty alleviation and development programmes," Naseer Ahmad Popal, an official from the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, told IRIN.
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