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repatriated to their country of origin in this century. Between 2002 and 2016, over six million refugees returned to Afghanistan …-scale internal displacement and return from outside have strained the delivery of public services in Afghanistan and increased … contributing to our understanding of displacement in Afghanistan by comparing the socioeconomic profiles of three populations: (i …
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Afghanistan currently faces a sea of uncertainty. Outcomes of the September 2019 presidential elections are not yet …
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Afghanistan is a deeply fragile and conflict affected state. It has been in almost constant conflict for over 35 years … and poverty incidence stubbornly high. Afghanistan faces tremendous development challenges. Gross domestic product (GDP … levels. The new government has declared its commitment to address Afghanistan's development challenges, through its paper …
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These briefs provide statistics on 39 socio-economic indicators encompassing several dimensions of wellbeing, including poverty and inequality, food security, labor market outcomes, sectoral distribution of employment, gender, education, health, and access to services and infrastructure. This...
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Afghanistan's economy is growing strongly. The growth drivers in recent years have been above-average agricultural …2009/10. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth reached 8.4 percent in FY2010/11. Afghanistan's fiscal position is …
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Afghanistan is in a state of transition which involves the handover of security responsibilities from international … forces to the Afghan government. However, at present, Afghanistan's economy is growing strongly as a result of an …, driven mostly by continued high military spending and external aid. The good harvest has also brought Afghanistan to near …
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This study explores the potential and the limits of medium-resolution satellite data as a proxy for economic activity at small geographic units. Using a commune-level dataset from Vietnam, it compares the performance of commonly used nightlight data and higher resolution Landsat imagery which...
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In recent years, alongside democratic backsliding and security threats, censorship is increasingly used by governments and other societal actors to control the media. Who is likely to be affected by censorship and why? Does censorship as a form of punishment coexist with or act as a substitute...
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Eruptions of Popular Anger: The Economics of the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath sets out to answerthree puzzles-the "Arab inequality" puzzle of civil uprisings in countries with low-to-moderateand stagnant economic inequality, the "unhappy development" paradox of increasing dissatisfactionat a...
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After a sharp fall in 2017, economic growth in MENA is projected to rebound to 3.1 percent in 2018, thanksto the positive global outlook, oil prices stabilizing at relatively higher levels, stabilization policies andreforms, and recovery and reconstruction as conflicts recede. The outlook for...
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