Afghanistan

Since 2002, Afghanistan has made tremendous progress in education, health, and community-driven development. School enrollment has increased from 1 million to 8.7 million students, with girls' enrollment seeing the greatest increase. Functioning health facilities have increased from 496 in 2003 to more than 2,000 in 2012, which helped reduce the infant mortality rate from 165 per 1,000 births in 2003 to 77 in 2012. Through the National Solidarity Program, communities have been able to identify, plan, and monitor over 40,000 local development projects in water, sanitation, and energy.