Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Glossary of Dari Terms -- Dates and Currency -- Calendar -- Currency -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. THE JOURNEY SO FAR -- 1. Fiscal Management in Afghanistan-Major Achievements and Current challenges -- Introduction --...

Access to well-secured, well-zoned and well-serviced land is a crucial condition for industrial and commercial investment. In many developing countries, where the land market remains underdeveloped and the land governance framework is weak, systemic policy and institutional reforms are needed to...

This chapter introduces the main issues associated with population aging, many of which will be investigated in detail throughout the volume. The next section describes the demographic transformation that Brazil has been experiencing and highlights its specific features, including a very rapid...