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Does development assistance reduce violence? Evidence from Afghanistan

Chou, Tiffany - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 7 (2012) 2, pp. 5-13

insurgent-initiated events, this article explores whether development aid in Afghanistan is violence-reducing. I find that … violence in Iraq—small CERP projects—does not appear to do so in Afghanistan. Possible reasons include troop strength …

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Privatizing war and security in Afghanistan: Future or dead end?

Giustozzi, Antonio - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 1, pp. 30-34

An assessment of the employment of mercenaries in Afghanistan gives mixed results. U.S. armed forces appear to have …

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GROWING QAWM: AN EVIDENCE-DRIVEN DECLARATIVE MODEL OF AFGHAN POWER STRUCTURES

GELLER, ARMANDO; MOSS, SCOTT - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 11 (2008) 02, pp. 321-335

Afghanistan. The study of qawm lends insight into the structural and processual dynamics of Afghan society. In particular, we … cognition are informed by qualitative data derived from case studies on Afghanistan. The simulation results suggest that the …

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The economic costs of the German participation in the Afghanistan war

Brück, Tilman; Groot, Olaf J de; Schneider, Friedrich - In: Journal of Peace Research 48 (2011) 6, pp. 793-805

In this article, we estimate the total costs of the German participation in the Afghanistan war, both past and future … participation in the war in Afghanistan, the German share of the net present value of the total costs of the war ranges from 26 …

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FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN

HOLMÉN, MAGNUS; MIN, THAW TAR; SAARELAINEN, EMILIA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 16 (2011) 03, pp. 307-331

This paper analyzes the motivations of eight female Afghan entrepreneurs to start up their own business and the problems they encountered during start-up and operations. Income generation was the most important push factor but pull factors including desire for independence and autonomy were also...

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The art of seeing like a state: State building in Afghanistan, the DR Congo, and beyond

Coyne, Christopher; Pellillo, Adam - In: The Review of Austrian Economics 25 (2012) 1, pp. 35-52

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Justice Sector Reform in Afghanistan: From a ‘Lead Nation’ Approach to a ‘Mixed Ownership’ Regime?

Tondini, Matteo - In: Transition Studies Review 15 (2009) 4, pp. 660-673

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Social Relationships and Rural Livelihood Security in Afghanistan

Kantor, Paula; Pain, Adam - In: Journal of South Asian Development 7 (2012) 2, pp. 161-182

This article examines the importance of a range of types of social relationships, characterised by differing levels of privilege, power, obligation and reciprocity, to rural Afghan livelihood security. Specifically, it explores how rural Afghan households in Kandahar and Badakhshan provinces...

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A community food system analysis as formative research for a comprehensive anemia control program in Northern Afghanistan

Levitt, Emily; Stoltzfus, Rebecca; Pelletier, David; … - In: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production … 1 (2009) 2, pp. 177-195

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Foresight as a tool for sustainable development in natural resources: The case of mineral extraction in Afghanistan

Sheraz, Umar - In: Resources Policy 39 (2014) C, pp. 92-100

Afghanistan. The analysis through this methodology is directed at decision makers and stakeholders as they evaluate the role of … change. There is a valid risk of greatly over-estimating the economic and strategic opportunities offered by Afghanistan …'s newly discovered mineral wealth. Afghanistan also risks being infected with the resource curse. The essay concludes with …

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