Women Economic Empowerment Rural Development Program

Women Economic Empowerment Rural Development Program (WEE-RDP) is a national government-led donor funded program that jump-starts and facilitates private sector growth in rural Afghanistan. The program strengthens the private sector through integrated, value chain, top to bottom knowledge based interventions, bottom to top community enterprise development and by addressing credit and capital needs on all levels and in all locations. The program operates under the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development through the Program Management Office (PMO) in Kabul. The key principals of WEE-RDP development objectives includes supporting market orientation, sustainable businesses, improving coordination, building partnerships, facilitating client decisions, sharing best practices and vertical integration.