Failure of Public Finance Management in Afghanistan - Lessons for Other Conflict-Affected States

In rebuilding conflict-affected states, a major portion of foreign aid focuses on reforming public finance management systems and supporting annual budgets. The book explores budgets are allocated and how reforms take shape in practice. It appeals to donors and researchers in public finance, foreign aid, security, and development studies.

List of contents

1. State Building and Public Finance Reform in Conflict-Affected States 2. The Origins of Afghanistan's Fiscal Capacity (1747-2001) 3. Enduring Centralization: Public Finance Reforms and the Struggle for Decentralization in Afghanistan (2001-2021) 4. Deconcentrated Planning and Budgeting in Action: Evaluating Afghanistan's PDPG and PBP Performance (2016-2019) 5. Unveiling Informal Dynamics: The Politics and Strategies Behind Afghanistan's Discretionary Development Budget Allocation 6. Informal Dynamics in Action: The Tale of Four Afghan Provinces 7. The Taliban's Return to Power in 2021: Governance, Humanitarian Aid, and Public Finance 8. Lessons for Other Conflict-Affected States

About the author

Mohammad Qadam Shah is Assistant Professor of Global Development at Seattle Pacific University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammad Qadam Shah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 24.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032658520
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265852-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, International Relations, Middle East, Warfare & defence, Political structure & processes, Terrorism, armed struggle, Organizational theory & behaviour, Public Administration, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Organizational theory and behaviour, Development economics and emerging economies, Political structure and processes, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021), Public finance accounting