The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for "nation building" is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afghanistan and Iraq. This path breaking collection brings together top analysts to examine the goals and challenges facing efforts to reconstruct states that have collapsed into anarchy or have been defeated in war, drawing lessons from 50 years of past experience with post-conflict reconstruction and development around the world to assess development plans in a country devastated by more than a century of conflict. While the focus is on Afghanistan, important comparisons-including to reconstruction after the American Civil War-provide historical context and lessons of difficulties to overcome and realistic limitations of ambitions. Throughout, particular attention is paid to the interaction of the goals of external and domestic actors, highlighting the importance of understanding the internal social, economic, and political environment of the society receiving assistance.
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"It is the unfortunate case that policymakers engaged in nation-building have time and again failed to tap existing knowledge about the countries that are the object of their efforts, and lessons from other nation-building exercises. Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan begins to correct this deficit by providing invaluable background to the problem of reconstructing one of the world's most troubled countries."--Francis Fukuyama, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University
"This is the best place to start for increasing understanding of the challenges facing those who would engage in 'nation building.' Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan provides dispassionate and richly informed analysis of the troubled attempts to reconstruct and restore a devastated land. While every country is unique, the lessons drawn from Afghanistan and other, previous, attempts at nation building clearly have import for Iraq and any other potential cases. And one lesson surely is that caution is wisdom."--Alex Inkeles, Stanford University
"This is the best place to start for increasing understanding of the challenges facing those who would engage in 'nation building.' Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan provides dispassionate and richly informed analysis of the troubled attempts to reconstruct and restore a devastated land. While every country is unique, the lessons drawn from Afghanistan and other, previous, attempts at nation building clearly have import for Iraq and any other potential cases. And one lesson surely is that caution is wisdom."--Alex Inkeles, Stanford University
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"It is the unfortunate case that policymakers engaged in nation-building have time and again failed to tap existing knowledge about the countries that are the object of their efforts, and lessons from other nation-building exercises. Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistanbegins to correct this deficit by providing invaluable background to the problem of reconstructing one of the world`s most troubled countries."--Francis Fukuyama, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University
"This is the best place to start for increasing understanding of the challenges facing those who would engage in `nation building.` Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistanprovides dispassionate and richly informed analysis of the troubled attempts to reconstruct and restore a devastated land. While every country is unique, the lessons drawn from Afghanistan and other, previous, attempts at nation building clearly have import for Iraq and any other potential cases. And one lesson surely is that caution is wisdom."--Alex Inkeles, Stanford University
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The only development book specifically about Afghanistan,
This review is from: Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Lessons from Development Experience (Paperback)
The only book out there that weds development theory to the practice of solving related problems specifically in Afghanistan. This is an instructive collection of essays by respected scholars and practitioners. Provides interesting detail about the international process for Afghan reconstruction that started after 9/11, and discusses many of the political and logistical difficulties that have bogged us down since.
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This book assesses plans and prospects for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan drawing on 50 years of previous experience with international development. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
draft national development framework, international assistance organizations, warlord economy, preliminary draft constitution, preliminary needs assessment, independent human rights commission, international assistance programs, security sector reform, reconstruction assistance, integrating health, constitutive process, interim administration, government competence, economic growth policies, human security, community reconciliation, poppy cultivation, stimulating economic growth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, United States, United Nations, New York, Soviet Union, Central Asia, World War, Cold War, Loya Jirga, New Haven, World Health Organization, Working Paper, Yale University Press, Ministry of Planning, Asian Development Bank, Sri Lanka, Helmand Valley, Saudi Arabia, Interim Authority, Oxford University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Medical Network, Policy Brief, Zahir Shah, Marshall Plan New!
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This book assesses plans and prospects for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan drawing on 50 years of previous experience with international development. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
draft national development framework, international assistance organizations, warlord economy, preliminary draft constitution, preliminary needs assessment, independent human rights commission, international assistance programs, security sector reform, reconstruction assistance, integrating health, constitutive process, interim administration, government competence, economic growth policies, human security, community reconciliation, poppy cultivation, stimulating economic growth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, United States, United Nations, New York, Soviet Union, Central Asia, World War, Cold War, Loya Jirga, New Haven, World Health Organization, Working Paper, Yale University Press, Ministry of Planning, Asian Development Bank, Sri Lanka, Helmand Valley, Saudi Arabia, Interim Authority, Oxford University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Medical Network, Policy Brief, Zahir Shah, Marshall Plan New!
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- World Report on Violence and Health (2 vols.) (World Health Organisation) by World Health Organization on page 205, page 207, and page 208
- Human Rights: Positive Policies in Asia and the Pacific Rim by John D. Montgomery on page 48, page 51, and page 129
- The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System, Second Edition by Professor Barnett R. Rubin on page 70, page 129, and page 185
- Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, And Mujahid (Nations of the Modern World: M) by Ralph H Magnus in Front Matter, and page 223
- Aid and Development (The Johns Hopkins Studies in Development) by Professor Anne O. Krueger on page 48, and page 166
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