Poor program can lift households out of poverty in a fragile context: Afghanistan. In 80 villages in Balkh province, 1 …

As of this writing, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are in their eighth and tenth years, having accrued nearly a …

segments of the population through a range of mechanisms. We study the effects of civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan … longer run 'propaganda' and 'revenge' effects. In Afghanistan we find strong evidence that local exposure to civilian … harm to civilians may indeed help counterinsurgent forces in Afghanistan to reduce insurgent recruitment …

System. Comparing to those in other duties around the world, deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan increases the odds of developing … on the service, compared to a tour under 120 days. For Army and Navy, a deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan further …

using newly declassified microdata documenting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2014. This …

induced randomized variation in the method of council elections in 250 villages in Afghanistan. In particular, we compare at …

governments. Using the random assignment of an innovative election fraud-reducing intervention in Afghanistan, we find that … Afghanistan is a democracy; (2) whether the police should resolve disputes; (3) whether members of parliament provide services …

sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increases enrollment …