DOCSLIB.ORG

Final Evaluation Report

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Final Evaluation Report 1. 2. FINAL EVALUATION REPORT Project Number: AFG/G76 Project Title: Alternative Livelihoods, Capacity Building at National and Regional Level Country : Afghanistan External Evaluator Lenard Milich UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna – March 2009 1 Table of Contents List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................... iii Summary matrix of findings, supporting evidence, and recommendations.........................................................1 Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................................4 a) Description of the project ............................................................................................................................4 b) Major findings of the evaluation .................................................................................................................4 c) Lessons learned and best practices ..............................................................................................................5 I. Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................6 A. Background and Context of the Project..................................................................................................6 A.1. The AL Context in Afghanistan ..........................................................................................................7 A.2. UNODC’s Counterpart Ministry: An Overview of MCN and PDCN Functions and Capabilities ...10 B. Purpose and Scope of the Evaluation....................................................................................................14 C. Evaluation Methodology.......................................................................................................................14 D. Limitations to the Evaluation................................................................................................................15 II. Major Findings .............................................................................................................................................16 A. Immediate Objective 1: Capacity Building .............................................................................................16 B. Immediate Objective 2: Mainstreaming CN/AL Objectives....................................................................18 C. Immediate Objective 3: Strengthen AL Coordination Mechanisms ........................................................18 D. Immediate Objective 4: National Expertise on M&E and Impact Assessment for CN/AL.....................18 E. Immediate Objective 4: The AL Database...............................................................................................19 F. Partnerships: Synergistic or at Cross-Purposes? ......................................................................................19 G. The Overall Implementation Process.......................................................................................................21 i. Rationalizing Procurement: UNDP-UNODC Functionality Reaches a Nadir......................................21 ii. UNODC’s Provincial Coordinators .....................................................................................................23 iii. UNODC’s Provincial AL Experts.......................................................................................................23 iv. Brief Responses to the TOR’s Remaining “Implementation Process” Bulletpoints...........................23 H. Project Concept and Design.....................................................................................................................25 i. Assessing the Impact of G76: The Project Logframe ...........................................................................25 ii. G76 and UNODC’s Comparative Advantage in AL............................................................................26 iii. G76 and the Afghanistan National Development Strategy.................................................................26 iv. G76 and the Afghanistan Compact .....................................................................................................27 v. G76 and the 2008 UNODC Thematic Evaluation................................................................................27 vi. Sub-Contract Performance..................................................................................................................27 vii. Incorporation of Recommendations from the G76 Mid-Term Evaluation (Sept. 2007)....................27 III. Lessons Learned and Best Practices ...........................................................................................................28 IV. Constraints that Impacted Project Delivery................................................................................................30 V. Conclusions and Final Recommendation.....................................................................................................30 Appendix A: TOR..............................................................................................................................................31 Appendix A: List of People Interviewed ...........................................................................................................38 Appendix C: The PRR vs. the MCP ..................................................................................................................41 ii List of Acronyms ABP Afghan Border Police ADB Asian Development Bank ADP/E Alternative Development Program/Eastern Region (formerly ALP/E) AKDN Aga Khan Development Network AKF Aga Khan Foundation (a division of AKDN) AL Alternative Livelihood(s) ALP/E AL Program/Eastern Region (USAID) ALWG AL Working Group ANDS Afghanistan National Development Strategy ANP Afghan National Police ARD Associated in Rural Development AREU: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit ASI Adam Smith International (embedded in MCN) CARD Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Facility (DFID) CDC Community Development Council (formed under MRRD’s NSP) CHA Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (an NGO) CN Counter Narcotics CNAT Counter Narcotics Advisory Team (a directorate within MCN) CNTF Counter Narcotics Trust Fund (end date December 2008) COAFG UNODC Country Office, Afghanistan CRS Catholic Relief Services DDA District Development Assembly DEcon (Provincial) Department of Economics DEW (Provincial) Department of Energy and Water DFID (UK) Department for International Development DG Director-General FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GAA German Agro-Action (aka Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) GIRA Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan GPI Good Performance Initiative GTZ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Cooperation) HDI Human Development Index IARCSC Independent Administrative Reform Civil Service Commission IDEA Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives (USAID) IDLG Independent Directorate of Local Governance GPI Good Performers Initiative JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency LDC Less/Lesser/Least Developed Countries MAIL Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock MCN Ministry of Counter Narcotics MCP Management Capacity Program (administered by the WB under IARCSC) MEW Ministry of Energy and Water MoWA Ministry of Women’s Affairs MPA-N Mint Producers Association - Nangarhar MRRD Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development NABDP National Area-Based Development Programme (under MRRD) NDCS National Drug Control Strategy (MCN, 2006) iii NGO Non-Governmental Organization NRAP National Rural Access Programme (under MRRD) NSP National Solidarity Programme (under MRRD) NVDA Nangarhar Valley Development Authority (a MAIL directorate) OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PAR Public Administration Reform Programme (a component of IARSC) PDAIL Provincial Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock PDC Provincial Development Council PDCN Provincial Department of Counter Narcotics PIC Public Information Campaign PRR Priority Reform and Restructuring (a component of the PAR) PRRD Provincial Department of Rural Rehabilitation and Development RED Rural Enterprise Development UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime USAID United States Agency for International Development WATSIP Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation Programme (under MRRD) WB The World Bank WFP United Nations World Food Programme iv Summary matrix of findings, supporting evidence, and recommendations Findings: problems Supporting evidence Recommendations and issues identified 1. G76 is mostly Delivery of services to MCN has Greater emphasis on educating and efficient, with some few been made; the AL database has training UNODC national staff, both exceptions. been set up; alternative livelihood at Kabul and provincial levels, will working groups are sporadically yield efficiency increases; increased meeting; CN public information national
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Aid Afghanistan Education Assessment of Learning Outcomes
    AID AFGHANISTAN EDUCATION ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES FINAL REPORT Submitted by Stephen McLaughlin, Ed.D. Consultant to The Asia Foundation-Afghanistan September 24, 2011 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 6 Assessment Approach and Methods 6 Extent to which the AAE Mission is Fulfilled by AAE Schools 7 Extent to which the AAE Learning Environment Yields Effective Results 9 The Extent to which AAE Education is Cost-Effective 17 Future Issues and Opportunities for AAE Schools 18 Conclusion 21 Recommendations 22 Appendices 23 3 Executive Summary This assessment applies to theAid Afghanistan Education Program (AAE)portion of the project Strengthening Education in Afghanistan, funded under a cooperative agreement between The Asia Foundation and USAID Afghanistan. It assesses the programmatic impact of AAE’s schools for mostly female disadvantaged students, which is defined by research questions relating to: the (1) current and future need for AAE schools’ services; (2) extent that AAE schools create a learning environment that produces effective results; (3) extent that AAE-delivered education is commensurate with government-school education; and (4) cost-effectiveness of AAE schools. The AAE Program consists of 13 schools with combined primary and secondary grade levels currently located in Kabul and eight other provinces, mostly, in the North: Badakhshan, Balkh, Bamyan, Ghazni, Jazjan, Parwan, Samangan, and Serepul.All but one school, in Jazjan Province with 114 boys, enrolls girls and young women who have been unable to begin or complete their education in government schools. Total AAE enrollment is 3,500, while the most recent total of actively attending students is 2,786.
    [Show full text]
  • Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} the Compleat Khash Volume One Never a Backward Glance by Brian Lumley Khash
    Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Compleat Khash Volume One Never a Backward Glance by Brian Lumley Khash. If you have information about this name , share it in the comments area below! Numerology information Khash: Name Number: 2. Meaning: Partnership, Sense, Other, Passive, Assistance, Acceptance, Intimacy, Peace. Definition funny of Khash: What a Khash, of course he would get that. Songs about Khash: Khash Khash by Ali Nazari from the Album Zagoo Sorud Khash by Dinmohammad Zangeshai from the Album Kapotan(Regional Music of Iran- Sistan o Baloochestan) Books about Khash: Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land - Mar 21, 2006 by Brian Lumley Sorcery in Shad (The complete Khash) - 1994 by Brian Lumley "Hatred is sacred": Says Syrian Minister of Education, Suleyman Al-Khash (May 1968) Extracts from Arab school. - 1968 by Hess, E The Compleat Khash: Never a Backward Glance - May 1991 by Brian Lumley The Compleat Khash: Sorcery in Shad - Oct 1994 by Brian Lumley Iran: Nutrition Survey of the Armed Forces. Supplement No. 1 -- The Khash Survey - 1956 by Morteza Tadayon The Compleat Khash: Volume One, Never a Backward Glance - 1991 by Brian Lumley The Compleat Khash: Vol. One, Never a Backward Glance - 1991 by Brian Lumley The Compleat Khash: Volume One; Never a Backward Chance - 1991 by Brian Lumley and Jim Pitts The Complete Khash: Volume Two, Sorcery in Shad - 1994 by Brian Lumley SORCERY IN SHAD: THE COMPLEAT KHASH: VOLUME TWO - 1994 by Brian Lumley THE COMPLEAT KHASH VOLUME 1 - NEVER A BACKWARD GLANCE - 1991 by Brian Lumley. Wiki information Khash: Khash Dish. Khash, Kale Pache, Pacha is a dish of boiled cow's head.
    [Show full text]
  • AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring of Political Rights Presidential and Provincial Council Elections Third Report 1 August – 21 October 2009
    Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission AIHRC AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring of Political Rights Presidential and Provincial Council Elections Third Report 1 August – 21 October 2009 United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA Table of Contents Summary of Findings i Introduction 1 I. Insecurity and Intimidation 1 Intensified violence and intimidation in the lead up to elections 1 Insecurity on polling day 2 II. Right to Vote 2 Insecurity and voting 3 Relocation or merging of polling centres and polling stations 4 Women’s participation 4 III. Fraud and Irregularities 5 Ballot box stuffing 6 Campaigning at polling stations and instructing voters 8 Multiple voter registration cards 8 Proxy voting 9 Underage voting 9 Deficiencies 9 IV. Freedom of Expression 9 V. Conclusion 10 Endnotes 11 Annex 1 – ECC Policy on Audit and Recount Evaluations 21 Summary of Findings The elections took place in spite of a challenging environment that was characterised by insecurity and logistical and human resource difficulties. These elections were the first to be fully led and organised by the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) took the lead in providing security for the elections. It was also the first time that arrangements were made for prisoners and hospitalised citizens, to cast their votes. The steady increase of security-related incidents by Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) was a dominant factor in the preparation and holding of the elections. Despite commendable efforts from the ANSF, insecurity had a bearing on the decision of Afghans to participate in the elections Polling day recorded the highest number of attacks and other forms of intimidation for some 15 years.
    [Show full text]
  • EASO Country of Origin Information Report Afghanistan Security Situation
    European Asylum Support Office EASO Country of Origin Information Report Afghanistan Security Situation - Update May 2018 SUPPORT IS OUR MISSION European Asylum Support Office EASO Country of Origin Information Report Afghanistan Security Situation - Update May 2018 More information on the European Union is available on the Internet (http://europa.eu). ISBN : 978-92-9494-860-1 doi: 10.2847/248967 © European Asylum Support Office 2018 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, unless otherwise stated. For third-party materials reproduced in this publication, reference is made to the copyrights statements of the respective third parties. Neither EASO nor any person acting on its behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained herein. EASO COI REPORT AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY SITUATION – UPDATE — 3 Acknowledgements This report was largely based on information provided by the Austrian COI Department and EASO would like to acknowledge the Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum for this. Furthermore, the following national asylum and migration departments have contributed by reviewing the report: Belgium, Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Cedoca - Center for Documentation and Research, Denmark, The Danish Immigration Service, Section Country of Origin Information, France, Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless persons (OFPRA), Information, Documentation and Research Division, Italy, Ministry of the Interior, National Commission for the Right of Asylum International and EU Affairs, COI unit, Slovakia, Migration Office, Department of Documentation and Foreign Cooperation, Sweden, Swedish Migration Agency, Lifos – Centre for Country of Origin Information and Analysis. Reference is made to the Disclaimer regarding the responsibility of reviewers.
    [Show full text]
  • Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012 MAY 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012
    Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics Ministry of Counter Narcotics Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Banayee Bus Station, Jalalabad Main Road Tel.: (+43-1) 26060-0, Fax: (+43-1) 26060-5866, www.unodc.org 9th District, Kabul, Afghanistan Tel.: (+93) 799891851, www.mcn.gov.af AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY 2011 OPIUM SURVEY AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012 2013 MAY Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012 ABBREVIATIONS AGE Anti-government Elements ANP Afghan National Police CNPA Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan GLE Governor-led Eradication ICMP Illicit Crop Monitoring Programme (UNODC) ISAF International Security Assistance Force MCN Ministry of Counter-Narcotics UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following organizations and individuals contributed to the implementation of the Afghanistan Opium Survey and to the preparation of this report: Ministry of Counter-Narcotics: Mohammad Ibrahim Azhar (Deputy Minister), Haroon Rashid Sherzad (Deputy Minister), Mir Abdullah Sadat (Director of Narcotics Survey Directorate), Saraj Ahmad (Deputy Director of Narcotics Survey Directorate), Nasir Ahmad (Deputy Director of Narcotics Survey Directorate), Shiraz Khan Hadawe (GIS & Remote Sensing Analyst), Mohammad Sadiq Rizaee (GIS & Remote Sensing Analyst), , Mohammad Ajmal (Database Officer), Sayed Najibullah Ahmadi (Economic Specialist) ,Sahar Yousofzai (Data Entry Clerk), Mohammad Hakim Hayat (Data Entry Clerk), Sayed Shainsha Sadat (Data Entry Clerk), Fazel Karim Alimi (Admin/Finance Assistant) and Hamida Hussaini (Administrative Officer). Survey Coordinators: Sayed Eshaq Masumi (Central Region), Abdul Mateen (Eastern Region), Abdul Latif Ehsan (Western Region), Fida Mohammad (Northern Region), Mohammed Ishaq Anderabi (North-eastern Region), Khalil Ahmad Noori (Southern Region) and Khiali Jan Mangal (Eradication Verification and Opium Yield coordinator).
    [Show full text]
  • THE ANSO REPORT -Not for Copy Or Sale
    The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office Issue: 74 16-31 May 2011 ANSO and our donors accept no liability for the results of any activity conducted or omitted on the basis of this report. THE ANSO REPORT -Not for copy or sale- Inside this Issue COUNTRY SUMMARY Central Region 2-7 In the CENTRAL RE- Kumri while night raids and effectively to repel attacks 8-15 Northern Region GION, a lone BBIED man- ‘reintegration's’ occur else- in Mano Gai. In NAN- Western Region 16-18 aged to penetrate a military where. In JAWZJAN, GAHAR, NGO staff are hospital in KABUL, killing 6, AOG target cell phone arrested by IMF and threat- Eastern Region 19-24 despite a generally improved towers and establish vehicle ened by AOG while a sub- Southern Region 25-28 level of ANSF capacity. In check posts on the Shiber- stantial SVBIED kills 15 in WARDAK, the migration of gan-Sar-i-Pul road. In SAR- an attack on the Regional 29 ANSO Info Page Kuchis caused tension in I-PUL itself, AOGs target Training Centre. In NURI- Daymirdad while in Nirkh ANP and militias in Sayyad. STAN, a major AOG forc- IEA and HIG came to In the WESTERN RE- es captures Do Ab district. YOU NEED TO KNOW blows. In LOGAR, local GION, on May 30th a Up to 150 persons– includ- AOGs stole equipment from combination of suicide ing ANSF and civilians– • General Daoud killed in deminers while in PARWAN are killed in IMF airstrikes explosion in Takhar bombers, IEDs and infan- ANSF operations in the try engaged the PRT in HE- to recapture it.
    [Show full text]
  • AFGHANISTAN: Major Conflict-Induced Displacements In
    AFGHANISTAN: Major Conflict-Induced Displacements in Western, Northern and North-Eastern Regions Based on reports from Regional IDP Task Forces (March - June, as of 25 June 2015) SITUATION OVERVIEW The start of the traditional spring fighting season has caused significant population movements in the Northern and Western regions, specifically in Badakhshan, Bagdhis and Kunduz provinces. Smaller scale conflict displacement has also been recorded in Baghlan, Farah, Faryab, Ghor, Herat, Jawzjan and Sar-e-pul Provinces. BADAKHSHANTAJIKISTAN Dar-e-B. BADGHIS and FARYAB KUNDUZ and BAGHLAN Shaki Darwaz 1,283 IDP families reportedly displaced from Ab Kamari, 4,515 IDP families in Kunduz City, displaced from 6 859 IDP families have been assessed and assisted in Bala Murghab and Qadis identified in Badghis in April. 709 surrounding districts since April, have been verified and Badakhshan Province since February. TAJIKISTAN Kofab IDP families identified and assessed in Faryab (MarchKhan-e-C. - May) assisted. 279 IDP familiesKhwahan were assessed by the end of May and received Bagh TAJIKISTAN Some 519 verified IDP families concentrated in Qorghan Over 25,000 families from Aliabad, Chardarah, Dasht-e-Archi, assistance in mid June: 104 families were displaced from Jorm to Raghestan Maymana, who were displaced from surrounding Emamsaheb, Khanabad, Kunduz and Qala-e-Zal to Kunduz city and Faizabad district; 91 families from JormShighnan to Baharak district; 41 families fromYawan Kunduz to Faizabad district; 15 families from Jorm to districts, received assistance in April. An additional Qaramqol surrounding districts submitted petitions to DoRR in April and May.Yang. Chahab 190 families were identified and assisted in May.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Copied from Internet by Library of C
    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Case Study Series Opium Poppy Strikes Back The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces Adam Pain August 2011 European Commission Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Case Study Series OPIUM POPPY STRIKES BACK The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces Adam Pain Funding for this research was provided by the July 2011 European Commission Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Editing and Layout: Oliver Lough Cover Photograph: Adam Pain AREU Publication Code: 1116E © 2011 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Some rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted only for non-commercial purposes and with written credit to AREU and the author. Where this publication is reproduced, stored or transmitted electronically, a link to AREU’s website (www.areu.org.af) should be provided. Any use of this publication falling outside of these permissions requires prior written permission of the publisher, the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Permission can be sought by emailing [email protected] or by calling +93 (0) 799 608 548. The views expressed in this paper are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AREU. Opium Poppy Strikes Back: The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces About the Author Adam Pain has worked on issues of rural livelihoods in the Himalayan region for the last 20 years. He is a senior research fellow at the Department of International Development, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, and a visiting professor of rural development at the Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala.
    [Show full text]
  • Opium Poppy Strikes Back the 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces
    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Case Study Series Opium Poppy Strikes Back The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces Adam Pain August 2011 European Commission Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Case Study Series OPIUM POPPY STRIKES BACK The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces Adam Pain Funding for this research was provided by the July 2011 European Commission Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Editing and Layout: Oliver Lough Cover Photograph: Adam Pain AREU Publication Code: 1116E © 2011 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Some rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted only for non-commercial purposes and with written credit to AREU and the author. Where this publication is reproduced, stored or transmitted electronically, a link to AREU’s website (www.areu.org.af) should be provided. Any use of this publication falling outside of these permissions requires prior written permission of the publisher, the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Permission can be sought by emailing [email protected] or by calling +93 (0) 799 608 548. The views expressed in this paper are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AREU. Opium Poppy Strikes Back: The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces About the Author Adam Pain has worked on issues of rural livelihoods in the Himalayan region for the last 20 years. He is a senior research fellow at the Department of International Development, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, and a visiting professor of rural development at the Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala.
    [Show full text]
  • Afghanistan Security Situation - Update
    European Asylum Support Office EASO Country of Origin Information Report Afghanistan Security Situation - Update May 2018 SUPPORT IS OUR MISSION European Asylum Support Office EASO Country of Origin Information Report Afghanistan Security Situation - Update May 2018 More information on the European Union is available on the Internet (http://europa.eu). ISBN : 978-92-9494-860-1 doi: 10.2847/248967 © European Asylum Support Office 2018 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, unless otherwise stated. For third-party materials reproduced in this publication, reference is made to the copyrights statements of the respective third parties. Neither EASO nor any person acting on its behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained herein. EASO COI REPORT AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY SITUATION – UPDATE — 3 Acknowledgements This report was largely based on information provided by the Austrian COI Department and EASO would like to acknowledge the Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum for this. Furthermore, the following national asylum and migration departments have contributed by reviewing the report: Belgium, Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Cedoca - Center for Documentation and Research, Denmark, The Danish Immigration Service, Section Country of Origin Information, France, Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless persons (OFPRA), Information, Documentation and Research Division, Italy, Ministry of the Interior, National Commission for the Right of Asylum International and EU Affairs, COI unit, Slovakia, Migration Office, Department of Documentation and Foreign Cooperation, Sweden, Swedish Migration Agency, Lifos – Centre for Country of Origin Information and Analysis. Reference is made to the Disclaimer regarding the responsibility of reviewers.
    [Show full text]
  • Despair Or Hope: Rural Livelihoods and Opium Poppy Dynamics in Afghanistan
    Despair or Hope: Rural Livelihoods and Opium Poppy Dynamics in Afghanistan Paul Fishstein August 2014 European Union Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Synthesis Paper Despair or Hope: Rural Livelihoods and Opium Poppy Dynamics in Afghanistan Paul Fishstein August 2014 This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of AREU and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. 2014 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Editing: Ann Buxbaum Cover photo: Clockwise from top left: Vegetable fields, Chimtal District, Balkh Province, May 2013; opium poppy field, Jurm District, Badakhshan Province, May 2013; land prepared for cultivation, north of the Boghra Canal, Helmand Province, April 2012; widespread opium poppy cultivation in the Pirakhel Valley, Khogiani District, Nangarhar Province, April 2013. All photos by OSDR. Layout: Ahmad Sear Alamyar AREU Publication Code: 1421E © 2014 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of AREU. Some rights are reserved. This publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted only for non- commercial purposes and with written credit to AREU and the author. Where this publication is reproduced, stored or transmitted electronically, a link to AREU’s website (www.areu.org.af) should be provided. Any use of this publication falling outside of these permissions requires prior written permission of the publisher, the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Permission can be sought by emailing [email protected] or by calling +93 (0) 799 608 548.
    [Show full text]
  • Global Witness with Sincere Thanks to All Those Who Contributed to This Report
    global witness With sincere thanks to all those who contributed to this report. WAR IN THE TREASURY OF THE PEOPLE | JUNE 2016 1 “We are at risk of the curse of plenty, [the] curse of resources.” Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan1 “The mine belongs to the whole nation. It is for all of us.” ‘Haji Anwar’, a miner from Badakhshan2 “This mine is itself a general (…) It will make people fight.” ‘Haji Bashir’, an elder from the district of Kuran wa Munjan3 2 WAR IN THE TREASURY OF THE PEOPLE | JUNE 2016 Contents Executive Summary 6 Lapis and tourmaline: jewels in the crown 6 Signs of hope? 8 Recommendations to the Afghan government 8 Recommendations for Afghanistan’s international partners 9 I. Introduction 12 Box 1: Key Players 14 II. A prize worth fighting for: mining as a direct source of conflict 15 Box 2: Zulmai Mujadidi and the levers of power in Badakhshan 16 The Malek coup 16 Box 3: Fighting since the coup: an overview 18 A lost chance for peace? 19 A game of networks 19 A target for the Taliban: mining and the insurgency 20 Diagram: Links between Badakhshan and national political actors 21 Mines and the Islamic State 22 III. Fueling conflict: abuses and resentment around mining 24 Kuran wa Munjan: a people’s uprising? 24 New faces, same system 24 ‘Like a lion hunting’: tourmaline mining and abuses in Deodarra 25 Abuses by Afghan Local Police forces 27 Fuel on the Fire: Abuses and the Insurgency 28 “The government is more rotten than the Taliban” 30 IV.
    [Show full text]