Britain gives AICF $60m.Byline: Mustafa Basharat Britain gives AICF AICF American Indian College Fund (Denver, CO) AICF Action Internationale Contre la Faim (French) AICF Anterior Interbody Cervical Fusion AICF Army Internal Calibration Facility $60m KABUL (PAN): Britain has pledged to provide through the Department for International Development (DFID DFID Department For International Development (UK) ) $60 million assistance for an imitative im·i·ta·tive adj. 1. Of or involving imitation. 2. Not original; derivative. 3. Tending to imitate. 4. Onomatopoeic. encouraging investment in Afghanistan. DFID quoted on Monday Development Secretary Douglas Alexander as making the announcement at a meeting with business leaders and government officials in Afghanistan. During the meeting, Alexander announced a partnership for the Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility (AICF) that would aim to raise $100 million for fast-track changes in business rules and regulations to make it attractive for businesses to invest in the conflict-torn country. In a DFID statement mailed to Pajhwok Afghan News, Alexander was quoted as saying: oTo demonstrate our commitment to fostering economic progress in Afghanistan, I can announce to you today that the United Kingdom will provide u30 million to support the AICF to raise a total of $100 million in partnership with others.AE The long-term future of Afghanistan - as for all countries - lay in the establishment of a sustainable economy, the visiting secretary said while referring to significant economic progress since 2001. Alexander stressed: oDevelopment of the private sector is the only way to provide jobs and income for the 65% of the Afghan population who are under 25 years old. Speaking in Lashkargah during a visit to inspect Britain-backed development projects, Alexander said he was "extraordinarily proud" of British forces and what they had achieved. He insisted the heavy losses experienced by British forces were not in vain vain adj. vain·er, vain·est 1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk. 3. . The AICF will fund and support practical interventions to remove constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. to doing business in Afghanistan; help the Afghan government establish business friendly policies, legislation and regulations; improve the quality and capacity of institutions to administer the rules of the game. It will facilitate improvements in infrastructure, for example in the energy sector, through public-private Partnerships Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. and improved regulation besides focussing on access to finance, land and other priorities set by its board. Mustafa Basharat mam/mud Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] Pajhwok Afghan News. All rights reserved.
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