Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
01 October 2007
The Congressional Research Service has updated their report "." "In addition to describing the structure of the Afghan narcotics trade, this report provides current statistical information, profiles the narcotics trade's participants, explores narco-terrorist linkages, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers current policy debates regarding...
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Enabling or Disabling? The Operating Environment for SMEs in Rural Afghanistan
01 October 2007
Saeed Parto, Anna Paterson and Asif Karimi, "Enabling or Disabling? The Operating Environment for SMEs in Rural Afghanistan", Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, September 2007
This paper provides an overview of the key challenges faced by small and medium-sized rural enterprises (SMEs) in Afghanistan. The evidence is drawn from secondary sources as well as primary data collected during fieldtrips to the provinces of Bamyan,...
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