Afghanistan Transport Sector Master Plan Update (2017-2036)
Afghanistan Transport Sector Master Plan Update (2017-2036)

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 9292577581

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The Transport Sector Master Plan Update is a guide for government and donors in allocating and programming future funds to raise efficiency of Afghanistan’s transport system. It takes stock of achievements of the previous Road Master Plan and important sector developments that have emerged during intervening period. The Master Plan Update will cover roads, railways, civil aviation, urban transport, and trade logistics, and administrative responsibilities concerned with transport infrastructure and operations. It provides a program of prioritized investments, and recommends urgent capacity-building measures. As transportation in Afghanistan is central to social stability and peacebuilding efforts, the development results generated by the master plan will go beyond the boundaries of the transport sector.

The Trillion Dollar War
The Trillion Dollar War

Author: Abid Amiri

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781737040576

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"The Trillion Dollar War is the culmination of an Afghan's personal life story weaved into academic understanding and coupled with professional experience in the field of development. It is written for Afghans, Afghan policymakers, and those in the West and broader international community who truly wish to see Afghanistan progress after more than 20 years of war. This title offers a perspective on how the United States and Afghanistan got where they are and proposes ways to find the economic growth that has until now remained elusive"--

Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity
Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity

Author: Biswa N. Bhattacharyay

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 1781003130

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This book addresses the prospects and challenges concerning both soft and hard infrastructure development in Asia and provides a framework for achieving Asian connectivity through regional infrastructure cooperation towards a seamless Asia. Key topics included are: ' demand estimates of national and regional infrastructure in transport, electricity, information and communication technology, and water and sanitation; ' empirical results on the costs and benefits of regional infrastructure for economies and households; ' the impact of infrastructure development on the environment and climate; ' sources and instruments of infrastructure financing; ' best practices and lessons learned from the experiences of the Asian region and other regions; and ' experiences of public_private partnership projects. This insightful book will serve as a definitive knowledge product for policymakers, academics, private sector experts and infrastructure practitioners interested in the regional and national infrastructure demand, investment and benefits in the region. Concerned officials from private and public sectors, and other experts involved in environmental and natural resources studies will also find this compendium invaluable.

Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964–91
Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964–91

Author: Anthony Hyman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1349219487

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The book offers a clear, authoritative and readable guide to the modern history of Afghanistan. This remote land made up of many tribes and ethnic peoples on the borders of Central Asia became a focus of Superpower rivalry and international intrigue after the Soviet invasion in 1979. This book shows how Afghanistan's traditional society has been profoundly shaken up in a cruelly destructive war, causing the world's biggest refugee problem and a chronic instability which threatens the wider region.

Dynamics of Political Development in Afghanistan
Dynamics of Political Development in Afghanistan

Author: H. Emadi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-10-18

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0230112005

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This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage.

The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The Bear Went Over the Mountain

Author: Lester W. Grau

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0788146653

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counterinsurgency punctuated by moments of heady excitement and terror. Colonel Grau, the editor and translator, has added his own commentary to produce a useful guide for commanders to meet the challenges of this kind of war and to help keep his fellow soldiers alive. This book will also be of interest to the historian and general reader, who will discover that advances in technology have had little impact on this kind of war, and that many of the same tactics the British Army used on the Northwest Frontier still apply today.