THE EXTENT OF HOUSEHOLD POVERTY IN AFGHANISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF CITY, BALKH PROVINCE (2019/20 AND 2020/21)

There is limited literature review and analysis of poverty in Afghanistan, particularly the an urban area. Therefore, due to information on extent Mazar-i-Sharif city especially at micro/household level, this paper will provide such a more current one. To conduct study, actual data 1060 households Mazar-i-Sharif, obtained from strictly random process, used applied “Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT)” measures analyse based income expenditure approach two waves, before “COVID-19” (March 21, 2019-March 20, 2020) during 2020-March 2021). Also, “Independent t-test” compare mean indices wave 1 compared 2. It found that, overall, rate high than two-thirds population severely suffers phenomenon, it increased pandemic pre-pandemic time. depth severity are also serious issues 2 1. Further, study suggests that government international organizations should do urgent actions save million lives overcome phenomenon