study on Afghanistan. Through a diagnostic approach, it identifies the sources of instability in the country and proposes a … series of policies and reforms in order to overcome macroeconomic instability in Afghanistan. …

An estimated 85% of Afghanistan’s population lives in rural areas, most of which are resource poor farmers whose … of agricultural and livestock products -- provide employment to a bulk of the labor force. Thus, Afghanistan's economy is … Afghanistan, achieving food security is one of the top priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL …

The paper examines patterns of bilateral trade between Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and CARs. It also investigates … whether providing India transit route to Afghanistan has opportunity costs for Pakistan’s trade potential with Afghanistan and … CARs. In 2009, Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan amount to US$ 1.3 billion which make up for 7.8 % of Pakistan’s total …

The Afghanistan – Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) was signed in 1965 with the objective of granting and … economy-wide research in order not only to assess the impact for Afghanistan and Pakistan, but also for neighboring countries. …

communities in Afghanistan. We use monthly wages and commodity prices at the provincial level over the period 2003-2009 and look …

agricultural sector in two provinces of Afghanistan, namely Balkh and Nangarhar. …

The American experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq have motivated a re-examination of earlier experiences with post …-conflict planning and reconstruction. This paper reviews the US experience in Korea following the Second World War and the Korean War … these ideas by comparing the South Korean experience to the contemporary case of Afghanistan. Some conclusions and policy …

avoid civil war. Members of the opposition are heterogeneous in income and ideology, and heterogeneity generates …