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increase in many fragile and conflict-affected areas where half of the extreme poor are expected to reside by 2030. These areas … Poor program can lift households out of poverty in a fragile context: Afghanistan. In 80 villages in Balkh province, 1 …-push" interventions can dramatically reduce poverty in fragile and conflict-affected regions …
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One-fifth of the world's population lives in countries affected by fragility, violence and conflict, impeding long … activity using mobile phone metadata. Using Afghanistan as the empirical setting, the analysis combines mobile phone data from … private sector in Afghanistan responds to insecurity. The findings indicate that firms reduce presence in districts following …
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This paper reviews resource sector developments in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that made their first (major) petroleum discoveries during the most recent commodity boom. The analysis, which goes back to 2001, looks at sector forecasts of international organizations, governments, and...
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Countries that strike it rich when exploring for oil and gas often fail to see growth materialize. This paper shows that one way things can get messy is via squandering new wealth, based on future resource revenues, on arms imports. In the five years following a giant oil or gas discovery, arms...
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Major oil and gas discoveries are often associated with excitement and jubilation among citizens and government officials. But the extent to which discoveries substantially alter citizen expectations about economic conditions in a country remains an open question. The paper combines...
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The agriculture sector can play an important role in poverty reduction and sustained growth in Afghanistan, primarily … agriculture are low in Afghanistan. Second, it analyzes the inclusive nature of agriculture jobs for vulnerable groups such as … scope to scale them up. Overall, the report exhibits many insights about the state of Afghanistan's rural labor market and …
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extent, Afghanistan has successfully managed the immediate challenges resulting from the transition. It has maintained …
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initiative to support Afghanistan's forcibly displaced population. The platform aims to inform and support the dialogue between … stakeholders in Afghanistan in order to: (i) seek ways to ensure a meaningful inclusion of durable solutions for the forcibly … displaced and returnees in the Afghanistan National Peace and Development Strategy (ANPDF) and development intervention; (ii …
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This paper analyzes Afghanistan's migration phenomenon from a microeconomic perspective. Given the elevated pressures … families that currently have a member abroad. Comparing earnings of Afghans abroad to those of similar workers in Afghanistan …
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