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ODI: Humanitarian Space: a review of trends and issues, April 2012
The Humanitarian Policy Group at the UK's Overseas Development Institute analyses humanitarian aid over the last decade. Using Afghanistan and other examples, Sarah Collinson and Samir Elhawary chart the way that 'Humanitarian Space' has evolved since the Cold War. They dispute the "consensus among humanitarian actors" that, in the last 10 years, this space has been shrinking.
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ICAI: DFID: Programme Controls and Assurance in Afghanistan, March 2012
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact ( ICAI) assesses DFID’s systems of control and assurance over its multi-million dollar aid programme in Afghanistan. These systems are important because they help to minimise the risk of theft, fraud and corruption.
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Losing The Ability To Dream: Afghan perceptions of UK aid, March 2012
BAAG’s new report finds that whilst huge sums of aid money have been channelled into Afghanistan, it remains one of the world’s poorest countries. Some progress has been made, but Government institutions remain weak and dependent on foreign aid.The report combines reviews of official statistics on aid flows along with Afghan perceptions. It illustrates how difficult it is to pull together a coherent picture of UK aid because of the large and complex body of data available. Afghan voices indicate concern about the 2014 deadline, that UK aid is politicised and that better quality aid is needed.
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Feinstein International Centre, Tufts University: Winning Hearts and Minds? Examining the Relationship Between Aid and Security in Afghanistan, January 2012
Research in five provinces and Kabul examining the complex factors that drive insecurity in Afghanistan and investigating the impact of aid projects on insecurity.
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International Crisis Group: Aid and Conflict in Afghanistan, August 2011
ICG says that billions of dollars of aid have failed to achieve a politically stable and economically viable Afghanistan. It says the international community lacks a coherent policy to strengthen the state ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign forces by 2014.
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US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Evaluating US Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan, June 2011
This report paints a picture of uneven, sometimes ineffective, US aid projects and calls for a re-evaluation of how that aid is delivered.
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Global Humanitarian Assistance: Afghanistan: Tracking major resource flows 2002-2010, January 2011
Detailed breakdown of how billions of dollars of international aid has been spent.
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Joint Agencies' report: Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: The Dangers of Militarised Aid in Afghanistan, January 2010
How militarised aid has compromised development efforts in Afghanistan. Joint report by ActionAid, Afghanaid, Care Afghanistan, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Oxfam and Trocaire
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ACBAR: Falling Short, April 2008
Report by network of aid agencies working in Afghanistan finds that international aid has been insufficient and often wasteful.
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ActionAid: Gaps in Aid Accountability, February 2008
Report studying the finances of the National Solidarity Programme in Afghanistan
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