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Looking Ahead to What We Leave Behind
Colin Cookman and Caroline Wadhams May 2010
Governance in Afghanistan
Looking Ahead to What We Leave Behind
Colin Cookman and Caroline Wadhams May 2010
Contents
1 Introduction and summary
6 Afghan government structure
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5\ue000 Box:\ue000Glossary\ue000of\ue000key\ue000terms
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6\ue000 The\ue000presidency
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8\ue000 Box:\ue000Basic\ue000institutions\ue000at\ue000a\ue000glance
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9\ue000 Parliament\ue000(National\ue000Assembly)
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10\ue000 Ministries\ue000and\ue000offices\ue000
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13\ue000 Provincial\ue000government\ue000
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14\ue000 Map:\ue000Provinces\ue000of\ue000Afghanistan
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17\ue000 District\ue000government
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18\ue000 Municipal,\ue000community,\ue000and\ue000village\ue000government
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20\ue000 Policy\ue000implications
21 Funding a sustainable state
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21\ue000 International\ue000support\ue000and\ue000the\ue000dependency\ue000trap
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22\ue000 Chart:\ue000Aid\ue000bypasses\ue000the\ue000Afghan\ue000government
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23\ue000 Chart:\ue000Relying\ue000on\ue000donors
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24\ue000 Chart:\ue000The\ue000United\ue000States\ue000is\ue000a\ue000big\ue000source\ue000of\ue000support
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25\ue000 Chart:\ue000Defense\ue000Department\ue000manages\ue000majority\ue000of\ue000U.S.\ue000aid
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25\ue000 Generating\ue000domestic\ue000revenue\ue000is\ue000a\ue000challenge
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26\ue000 Chart:\ue000Security,\ue000development,\ue000and\ue000education\ue000dominate\ue000budget
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27\ue000 Policy\ue000implications
29 International aid delivery methods and
consequences for governance
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29\ue000 Militarization\ue000of\ue000assistance\ue000
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32\ue000 The\ue000militias\ue000return
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34\ue000 Policy\ue000implications
35 Conclusions and issues for policymakers
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35\ue000 Provide\ue000clarity\ue000of\ue000purpose\ue000
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36\ue000 Focus\ue000on\ue000sustainability\ue000and\ue000set\ue000a\ue000pathway\ue000for\ue000reducing\ue000dependency
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36\ue000 Put\ue000Afghans\ue000in\ue000the\ue000lead
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37\ue000 Push\ue000for\ue000an\ue000institutionalized\ue000rather\ue000than\ue000personalized\ue000decentralization\ue000\ue000
of\ue000power\ue000outside\ue000of\ue000Kabul\ue000with\ue000greater\ue000Afghan\ue000participation
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37\ue000 Demilitarize\ue000development\ue000assistance\ue000
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38\ue000 Looking\ue000ahead
40 Endnotes
44 About the authors and acknowledgments
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