The World Bank granted $691 million USD in aid to Afghanistan at a ceremony attended by senior government officials on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi said this money would be invested in healthcare services for remote areas, the implementation of the Digital CASA project, increasing capacity of state-owned banks, and in standardizing services in banks.

“At least $40 million American dollars which will be spent for capacity building at the state-owned bank and for enabling them to work based on international norms,” Hakimi added.

In this episode of Bazar host Zarmina Mohammadi discusses the topic with Wasi Haidari, an economist.