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The reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, following decades of internal conflict and external military intervention, pose challenging dilemmas for international assistance organizations and donor countries that have pledged billions of dollars in aid. Economic growth is essential to generate jobs, income, public revenues, and the capital needed to reconstruct the country’s destroyed infrastructure. It is needed to provide some sense of securiry and to stabilize Afghanistan, politically and socially.
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Rondinelli, D.A. (2004). Economic Growth and Development Policy in Afghanistan: Lessons from Experience in Developing Countries. In: Montgomery, J.D., Rondinelli, D.A. (eds) Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403981172_8
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