Since 2001 international attention has focused on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and specifically on the … question of whether external intervention can assist weak or fragile states in successfully making the transition to stable … democracies. Despite their differences, Iraq and Afghanistan are often considered together in analyses of state-building, and …

This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The … of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain them when external support recedes. I contend that Afghanistan …

can precede and shape each context of reception. Linking to current developments in Afghanistan, we conclude that a …

extent, Afghanistan has successfully managed the immediate challenges resulting from the transition. It has maintained …

The Afghanistan Development Update is a twice-annual publication providing analysis of recent developments and … topics address: i) the potential for trade to underpin development in Afghanistan; ii) recent trends in poverty and welfare …; and iii) priorities for improving education quality and coverage. Afghanistan has experienced slow growth since 2014, with …

Afghanistan faced severe economic headwinds in 2018, with the economy growing by an estimated 1.8 percent. Slow growth …

Afghanistan currently faces a sea of uncertainty. Outcomes of the September 2019 presidential elections are not yet …

-driven development programme in Afghanistan that created democratic village councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a …

The paper examines the relationship between conflict and entrepreneurial activity in Afghanistan, drawing upon a unique … data set, the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment household survey 2005. Afghanistan is severely underdeveloped and … poor. Conflict has persisted in vast swathes of the country for decades, so that Afghanistan may be more appropriately …