The Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) was designed in response to the need of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA) for specialized knowledge and assistance to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The project provided a flexible technical assistance facility for the MoF’s Macro Fiscal Performance Directorate (MFPD) and Policy Department, primarily targeting key macro-fiscal policy management and budget planning elements of the MoF’s Fiscal Performance Improvement Plan (FPIP). The project was originally designed for a five-year implementation period with an allocation of US$5 million. However, following 18 months of implementation, the TAF was brought to an early closure through a restructuring in January 2019. At the time of closure, the TAF had disbursed US$1.25 million (25 percent) of its US$5 million Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)-financed allocation.