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The Oil and Gas Act provides for the application and issuance of various licenses in the oil and gas industry, including petroleum prospecting licenses, petroleum retention licenses, petroleum development licenses, pipeline licenses and petroleum processing facility licenses. The provision also provides for State Equity Entitlement and royalty benefits to the landowners, Local-level Government and Provincial Government.
The report assesses Afghanistan’s current status, challenges, and prospects for inclusive and sustainable growth. It notes that Afghanistan's environment is under great pressure due to population growth, among others. Unfortunately, it is also highly at risk to climate change due to vulnerability and low adaptive capacity.
The Afghanistan National Development Strategy embodies the government's vision, principles and goals for Afghanistan, building on the Millennium Development Goals and the Afghanistan Compact benchmarks. Among the pillars discussed are Security, Governance, Rule of Law, Justice and Human Rights, and Economic and Social Development.
Mereseini Rakuita is a visionary champion of gender equality and women’s rights in Fiji and the Asia-Pacific region. She is currently the Principal Strategic Lead for the Pacific Women program at the Pacific Community (SPC), driving SPC’s work on gender equality and empowerment of women and girls within SPC and across the Pacific region. She holds a concurrent and complementary role as global chairperson for FP2030, a global movement dedicated to advancing the rights of people everywhere to access family planning services.
Ms. Altangerel is the Resident Representative of UNDP Timor-Leste since June 2019. Previously, Tuya served as the Deputy Resident Representative for Programmes and Operations in UNDP Georgia during 2018–2019, and as the Deputy Resident Representative in UNDP Kazakhstan (2014–2018).
Mr. Bruce Gosper is the Vice-President for Administration and Corporate Management of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Joyce Melcar Tan is a lawyer at ClientEarth’s Asia Climate and Energy Programme. She works with civil society and other stakeholders to promote Asia’s transition to sustainable energy systems, focusing on the Philippines. She also leads the team’s regional work on capacity development.
Dr. Nupur Chowdhury is Assistant Professor of Law at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India. She teaches courses on Political Science, Constitutional History, Research Methodology, Environmental law and Law and Technology.
Samantha Hung is the Chief of Gender Equality Thematic Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where she provides leadership for advancing gender equality across all aspects of ADB operations and knowledge work.