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USIP: Afghanistan's Mineral Resources
A new paper from the United States Institute of Peace analyses the implications of Afghanistan’s huge untapped mineral reserves for economic growth and stability. The paper, "Political Economy and Conflict Dimensions of Afghanistan's Mineral Resources", examines the opportunities and risks surrounding the exploitation of these resources. The paper discusses different categories of resources and puts forward some basic recommendations to help guide policy.
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ILO: Study on the State of Employment in Afghanistan, June 2012
A new report from the International Labour Organisation stresses the need for a better long term approach to socio-economic development within Afghanistan. The report is critical of current efforts, which it says focus too much on the creation of casual and short-term employment. The ILO says longer term employment projects and education programmes needed to help create sustainable economic and social growth.
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World Bank: Afghanistan in Transition: Looking Beyond 2014, May 2012
This report explores the ramifications which transition -the withdrawal of most international troops by 2014 - will have on Afghanistan's economic and development fabric. It points out that the decline in external assistance will have widespread repercussions for Afghanistan’s political and economic landscape well beyond 2014.
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Global Witness: Getting to Gold
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has made welcome public pledges to transparency and good governance in its emerging mining sector. This paper considers how Afghanistan’s first mining concession contracts will support these commitments.
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The World Bank: Transition in Afghanistan: Looking beyond 2014, November 2011
How transition - the process whereby Afghanistan will assume full responsibility for security by 2014 - might affect the country's economy.
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