Afghanistan and Conflict and security
- Capital:
Kabul - Population:
29121286 - Size:
647500.0 Km2
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Content from selected partners can be found by following the relevant links in the central panel below - or check out our editor's selection of the best sector specific information from other websites.
- The BLDS conflict collection
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- Search for the latest conflict-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Promoting reconciliation processes in Afghanistan
- T. Sajjad / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2010
- This research paper captures the current reflections and concerns in Afghanistan about the strategy and expectations for the reintegration and reconciliation processes in the country. The paper also covers the challenges facing these ...
- Improving security and justice through security sector reform
- N. Bagayoko-Penone / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2010
- Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insights explores the concept of SSR as a co...
- Strategies for bringing women into government
- T. Whitman; J. Gomez / Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2009
- Involvement of women in peace processes brings skills, attributes, and perspectives to government processes. Post conflict governments that have involved women have tended to build governance systems which are stable and transparent. ...
- Targeting aid funds towards health services in Afghanistan
- S. Simmonds; F. Ferozuddin / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
- How can aid funds best be spent in areas of high instability? This scoping study from the British Department for International Development (DFID) argues that development funds would have the most impact on improving health outcom...
- A new, coherent humanitarian consensus and strategy is the answer in Afghanistan
- A. Donini / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
- This briefing paper, published by The Feinstein International Center, provides an update on the humanitarian challenges and opportunities in Afghanistan. The author highlights, using data collected on the ground, critical issues affec...
- Maymane district, Afghanistan: possible reasons for decreasing trust in the internationals
- A. Strand / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- This paper is a follow-up to an earlier survey conducted in Maymane district in Afghanistan by the Organisation for Sustainable Development and Research (OSDR) in November 2006. The present follow-up survey took place in late December...
- US corporate interests and the war on terror.
- GRAIN, 2009
- This briefing determines that the US’s agricultural reconstruction work in Afghanistan and Iraq is an intrinsic part of the US military campaign. It asserts that the US pushes neo-liberal policies giving easy entry to US agribus...
- Re-defining security: reflecting the differing needs of different sectors of society
- Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
- Ruling administrations often determine security policy and direct its apparatus for the 'benefit of society'. But is security something to be grateful for, or a citizens’ right? Rather should security be determined by the concer...
- Compromising humanitarianism: aid in time of conflict
- S. Cornish; M. Glad / CARE International, 2008
- The authors of this paper assert that In the aftermath of 9/11, the security agenda has largely trumped the human security agenda to the detriment of vulnerable populations and of development and humanitarian actors which come to...
- Why violent attacks on aid workers are on the increase
- A. Stoddard; A. Harmer; V. DiDomenico / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- Attacks against aid workers are not new. Fragile, insecure environments frequently expose humanitarian operatives to a myriad of threats – whether they be political, economic or aggression encountered due to the respective natur...
- Japan Afghan NGO Network (JANN)
- Japanese NGOs in Afghanisatn
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
- Research organisation assisting humanitarian and development programmes in Afghanistan
