Aid Paradoxes in Afghanistan Building and Undermining the State

This book examines how foreign aid has affected Afghanistan's weak state since US intervention in 2001. It argues that the relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and that the effects of aid on weak states depends on donors' interests, aid modality and the recipient's pre-existing institutional and socio-political conditions.

About the author

Nematullah Bizhan is a Research Fellow at the Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Oxford University’s Global Economic Governance Program and a Fellow of Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy and Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He has a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Australian National University and was previously a high-level participant in the post-2001 government of Afghanistan.

Summary

This book examines how foreign aid has affected Afghanistan’s weak state since US intervention in 2001. It argues that the relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and that the effects of aid on weak states depends on donors’ interests, aid modality and the recipient’s pre-existing institutional and socio-political conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Nematullah (Australian National University Bizhan, Nematullah (University of Oxford) Bizhan, Nematullah Bizhan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2017
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics
• EAN: 9781138047617
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04761-7
• Pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle East Development; Routledge Studies in Middle Ea; Routledge Studies in Middle East Development
• Subjects: Afghanistan, Civil Society, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, 21st Century, Aid & relief programmes, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Development economics & emerging economies, Central government, Post-conflict reconstruction, international development policy, Negative Relationship, rentier state theory, Afghan Government, foreign aid impact on governance, donor aid effectiveness, fiscal governance reform, Durrani Empire, Rentier Effects, Aid Dependent States, Hinder State Building, State Building Framework, Afghan State Building, Musahiban Family, Aid Modality, External Revenue, Open Budget Survey, Habibullah Kalakani, Budget Transparency, Recipient Budget, Mujahidin Commanders, Parallel Public Sector, High Aid Dependence