Afghanistan - Publications and Reports

Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia: There are two faces of South Asia. The first South Asia is dynamic, growing rapidly, highly urbanized. The second is largely agricultural, land-locked, exhibits high poverty, suffers from many conflicts, and is lagging.

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- Afghanistan Investment Climate in 2008 - Nov 09
- Job Creation in South Asia - Oct 09
- Fighting Corruption in Afghanistan (pdf) - Jul 09
- Finance and Security in Afghanistan - Apr 09
- Getting Finance in South Asia - Mar 09
- Sparing Lives: Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women - Mar 09
- HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk - Mar 09
- Subnational Expenditures in Afghanistan, Aug 08
- Afghanistan: Building an Effective State, Ju 08
- Initiatives to Reduce Opium Production, Feb 08
- Afghanistan: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Oct 07
- Afghanistan: Service Delivery and Governance at the Sub-National Level, Jul 07
- Interim Strategy Note, Jan 07
-Afghanistan's Drug Industry and Counter-Narcotics Policy, Nov 06
-Managing Kabul's growth, Jun 06
- The role of women in Afghanistan's future, Apr 06
- Economic cooperation in the wider Central Asia region, Apr 06
- Investment Climate improves, many challenges remain, Feb 06
- Managing Public Finances crucial for Afghanistan development Jan 06
- Hill International and Gustavson Reports Oil and Gas Infrastructure Sep 05
- Poverty and Vulnerability challenge development efforts, Mar 05
- State Building, poverty reduction and growth in Afghanistan, Feb 05

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- Afghanistan Economic Indicators (pdf)

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