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Conflict and entrepreneurial activity in Afghanistan: Findings from the national risk vulnerability assessment data
Ciarli, Tommaso; Parto, Saeed; Savona, Maria - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333036
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Eine erste Schätzung der wirtschaftlichen Kosten der deutschen Beteiligung am Krieg in Afghanistan
Brück, Tilman; de Groot, Olaf J.; Schneider, Friedrich - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 21, pp. 2-11
Afghanistan geschätzt. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine Berechnung mit zahlreichen Unsicherheitsfaktoren, die auf mehreren … am Krieg in Afghanistan berücksichtigt. In einem realistischen Szenario, in dem Deutschland noch einige Jahre in … Afghanistan präsent bleibt, schätzen wir die Gesamtkosten der deutschen Beteiligung am Krieg in Afghanistan auf 26 bis 47 …
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Die Kosten des Afghanistan-Einsatzes müssen auf breiterer Basis berechnet werden: Fünf Fragen an Tilman Brück
Brück, Tilman - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 21, pp. 12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602175
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Beiträge zur zeitgenössischen Afghanistanforschung: Vorträge auf einer Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Afghanistan am 6. und 7. Juli 1995 in Bochum
Löwenstein, Wilhelm (contributor) - 1997
Die 10. wissenschaftliche Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Afghanistan (AGA), die am 6. und 7. Juli 1995 im Institut für … Wiederaufbaus in Afghanistan (Kapitel III) repräsentiert wird. Zuvor reiht der Vorsitzende der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Afghanistan … Feldforschungsmöglichkeiten, die Unterstützung des Informationsaustausches mangels Ansprechpartnern in Afghanistan –, ist die AGA nicht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918451
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Opium for the masses?: conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove; Willumsen, Fredrik - 2009
We show that the recent rise in Afghan opium production is caused by violent conflicts. Violence destroys roads and irrigation, crucial to alternative crops, and weakens local incentives to rebuild infrastructure and enforce law and order. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264577
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Opium for the masses? Conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove - 2009
We show that the recent rise in Afghan opium production is caused by violent conflicts. Violence destroys roads and irrigation, crucial to alternative crops, and weakens local incentives to rebuild infrastructure and enforce law and order. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275898
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The global checkpoint economy: Supply chains as a new frontline in conflict financing?
Schouten, Peer - 2019
, checkpoints form a key source of revenue for parties to the conflict. Whether in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387891
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Integrated national approaches to international operations: The cases of Denmark, UK, and the Netherlands
Stepputat, Finn - 2009
As part of a larger study of how to improve Danish concerted civil and military planning and action, this sub-report looks at the national approaches of Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK. On the basis of available documents and interviews, the report analyzes the concepts, policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283077
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Conflict, food price shocks, and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012
linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large …. Therefore while conflict may not be the driving factor in overall levels of food insecurity in Afghanistan, it may limit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283950
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Are drone strikes effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the dynamics of violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the … Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 2007 to December 2010. We find that drone strikes do not have any … significant impact on terrorist violence in Afghanistan but that drone strikes do have a significant impact on Taliban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286855