Foreign Direct Investment in Afghanistan: 

The United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) factsheet on Foreign Direct Investment in Afghanistan for the period 2004 - 2007. Please click on the link to download the factsheet "UNCTAD - 2008 Afghanistan FDI factsheet"

 

Guide for Doing Business in Afghanistan:

A commercial guide prepared by the United States Department of Commerce for the U.S. Companies interested in investing in Afghanistan. It will provide you with:

-         Information about market opportunities, challenges and entry strategy,
-         An update about political and economic environment
-         An analysis on leading sectors, trade regulations and standards, investment climate, and business travel.
 
To download the document, please click on this link “Doing Business in Afghanistan”
 

Find out about Thousands of Afghan Suppliers and the Peace Dividend Trust Tender Database:

The Afghan Building Markets provides an instant information about thousands of Afghan and local suppliers in 29 different sectors throughout Afghanistan. These sectors include information about Agriculture and Agricultural Related Products and Services, Associations and Unions, Automotive, Business and Consulting Services, Construction and Renovation, Financial and Legal Services, Food and Beverages, Furniture and Office Machines, Generators, Heavy Machinery and Solar Panels, Handicrafts, Health and Medicine, Home Essentials, Information Technologies Services and Equipment and many more

 
Similarly, the Peace Dividend Trust provides an update information about goods, services and work in all the major cities in Afghanistan.
To access the above information, please visit http://afghanistan.buildingmarkets.org/ 
 
Guide to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs):
The SME guide provides information about organizations that provide finance for SME projects in Afghanistan.  This document is prepared by the United States Department of Commerce. To download the document, please click here "SME Finance in Afghainstan"  

 

Case-study on several Afghan market segments:

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit has conducted and published case-study on several afghan market segments. A few of the reports are shared below.

To visit AREU website, please click here http://www.areu.org.af