Poverty in Afghanistan, Mohammad Hakim Haider; Sumit Kumar

Автор: Hogg, Richard.
Название: Afghanistan in transition :
ISBN: 082139861X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821398616
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: The withdrawal of most international troops by 2014 will have a profound and lasting impact on the country's economic and development fabric. This book explores some of these ramifications. Development progress since 2001 has been mixed. The country has recorded some major achievements such as rapid economic growth, relatively low inflation, better public financial management, and gains in basic health and education. Key social indicators, including life expectancy and maternal mortality, have improved markedly, and women are participating more in the economy. Yet in other respects, particularly governance and institution building, the country has fared less well, and many indicators have worsened in recent years. Afghanistan remains one of the world's least developed countries, with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of only $528. More than a third of the population live below the poverty line, more than half are vulnerable and at serious risk of falling into poverty, and three-quarters are illiterate. Additionally, political uncertainty and insecurity could undermine Afghanistan's transition and development prospects. <br><br>The large aid inflows that have benefited Afghanistan have also brought problems. Aid has underpinned much of the progress since 2001-including that in key services, infrastructure, and government administration-but it has also been linked to corruption, poor aid effectiveness, and weakened governance. Aid is estimated to be $15.7 billion-about the same as the size of theGDP in fiscal year 2011. Despite the large volume of aid, most international spending 'on' Afghanistan is not spent 'in' Afghanistan, as it leaves the economy through imports, expatriated profits of contractors, and outward remittances. Other countries' experience shows that the impact of large aid reductions on economic growth may be less than expected. The main issue for the future is how to manage this change, mitigate impacts, and put aid and spending on a more sustainable path. <br><br>This book is intended for a wide audience interested in the relationship between conflict, aid and development and how international responses to post-conflict state building and reconstruction may both help and hinder a countries transition out of conflict towards a more stable future.

Автор: Rivas
Название: Security, Development and the Stories of Everyday Conflict in Afghanistan
ISBN: 1138234648 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138234642
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Security, Development and Violence in Afghanistan explores the realities of the Afghan intervention for those living and working through the 2001 conflict and the humanitarian response. Drawing on experience in Afghanistan, Althea-Maria Rivas focuses on the micro-level interactions between a range of local and external actors.

Автор: Adenrele Awotona
Название: Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis: A Global Response
ISBN: 113857158X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138571587
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Описание: Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis provides academics and researchers interested in planning, urbanism and conflict studies with a multidisciplinary, international assessment of the reconstruction and foreign aid efforts in Afghanistan.

Автор: Izabela Leao, Mansur Ahmed, Anuja Kar
Название: Jobs from Agriculture in Afghanistan
ISBN: 1464812659 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464812651
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 31350.00 T
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Описание: The agriculture sector can play an important role in poverty reduction and sustained growth in Afghanistan, primarily through job creation, improved productivity, and inclusiveness. Using an 'agricultural jobs lens' and multidimensional approach, this report explores the sector's direct and indirect roles in explaining the dynamics of rural employment. The report critically examines three dimensions. First, it evaluates the current jobs structure in rural areas and finds that rural jobs are concentrated in cereal agriculture, especially in wheat, which reflects why the returns from jobs in agriculture are low in Afghanistan. Second, it analyzes the inclusive nature of agriculture jobs for vulnerable groups such as women, youth, those who are landless, and the bottom 40 percent of income earners. The analysis finds that although agriculture jobs are inclusive, many women and youth participate as voluntary family workers because they are unable to access markets and/or find paid jobs in the nonfarm sector. Third, the report evaluates the role of public and private sector interventions in supporting job creation in agriculture. It was argued that interventions can work and that there is significant scope to scale them up. Overall, the report exhibits many insights about the state of Afghanistan's rural labor market and provides guidance for formulating effective job-creation policies for the rural population. The key recommendations provide a pathway to achieve sustained and inclusive job growth through diversification toward high-value crops and livestock, linking farmers to markets through continued investment in connectivity and rural infrastructure, a balanced development strategy for an enabling environment for farm and nonfarm sectors, and strengthening the private sector presence in agriculture and its linkage with the public sector to agribusiness. In tandem, it is important to improve the design structure of jobs measurement for rural jobs, especially jobs in agriculture tailored to sectoral context.

Название: Afghanistan Transport Sector Master Plan Update (2017-2036)
ISBN: 9292577573 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789292577575
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Цена: 19410.00 T
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Описание: A guide for government and donors in allocating and programming future funds to raise the efficiency of Afghanistan`s transport system.

Автор: Marieke van Houte
Название: Return Migration to Afghanistan
ISBN: 3319407740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319407746
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 83850.00 T
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Описание: It introduces Afghan return migration from Europe as a relevant case study, since the country`s protracted history of conflict and migration shows how the globally changing political discourses of recent decades have shaped migration strategies.

Автор: Coburn Noah
Название: Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention
ISBN: 0804797773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804797771
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Цена: 23410.00 T
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The U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan mobilized troops, funds, and people on an international level not seen since World War II. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and tens of billions of dollars flowed into the country. But what was gained for Afghanistan—or for the international community that footed the bill? Why did development money not lead to more development? Why did a military presence make things more dangerous?

Through the stories of four individuals—an ambassador, a Navy SEAL, a young Afghan businessman, and a wind energy engineer—Noah Coburn weaves a vivid account of the challenges and contradictions of life during the intervention. Looking particularly at the communities around Bagram Airbase, this ethnography considers how Afghans viewed and attempted to use the intervention and how those at the base tried to understand the communities around them. These compelling stories step outside the tired paradigms of 'unruly' Afghan tribes, an effective Taliban resistance, and a corrupt Karzai government to show how the intervention became an entity unto itself, one doomed to collapse under the weight of its own bureaucracy and contradictory intentions.

Автор: J. Montgomery; D. Rondinelli
Название: Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan
ISBN: 0230602207 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230602205
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for `nation building` is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afghanistan and Iraq.

Автор: Noah Coburn
Название: Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention
ISBN: 0804796637 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804796637
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 58520.00 T
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The U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan mobilized troops, funds, and people on an international level not seen since World War II. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and tens of billions of dollars flowed into the country. But what was gained for Afghanistan—or for the international community that footed the bill? Why did development money not lead to more development? Why did a military presence make things more dangerous?

Through the stories of four individuals—an ambassador, a Navy SEAL, a young Afghan businessman, and a wind energy engineer—Noah Coburn weaves a vivid account of the challenges and contradictions of life during the intervention. Looking particularly at the communities around Bagram Airbase, this ethnography considers how Afghans viewed and attempted to use the intervention and how those at the base tried to understand the communities around them. These compelling stories step outside the tired paradigms of 'unruly' Afghan tribes, an effective Taliban resistance, and a corrupt Karzai government to show how the intervention became an entity unto itself, one doomed to collapse under the weight of its own bureaucracy and contradictory intentions.

Автор: Bizhan, Nematullah
Название: Aid Paradoxes in Afghanistan
ISBN: 0367888866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367888862
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book examines how foreign aid has affected Afghanistan`s weak state since US intervention in 2001. It argues that the relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and that the effects of aid on weak states depends on donors` interests, aid modality and the recipient`s pre-existing institutional and socio-political condition

Автор: Arpita Basy Roy
Название: Afghanistan Beyond 2014: Domestic and Regional Dynamics
ISBN: 8182748828 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788182748828
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 49890.00 T
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Описание: The post-2014 situation in Afghanistan following the drawdown of the US/NATO/ International Security Assistance Force, has been the subject of a most perplexing debate in recent times with the major obscurity lying in predicting the actual intentions of various actors involved in the Afghan imbroglio.

Автор: Van Houte Marieke
Название: Return Migration to Afghanistan: Moving Back or Moving Forward?
ISBN: 3319821806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319821801
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 99780.00 T
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Описание: It introduces Afghan return migration from Europe as a relevant case study, since the country`s protracted history of conflict and migration shows how the globally changing political discourses of recent decades have shaped migration strategies.