Running out of options : tracing rural Afghan livelihoods / Paula Kantor and Adam Pain ; editing and layout Oliver Lough.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ; (Synthesis paper series)Publication details: Kabul : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2011.Description: ix, 53 p. : col. map ; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • Pamphlet HN 670.6 .A8 .K36 /2011/ + /PDF/(1.26MB)
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“January 2011”.

“Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit”—at head of title.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 49-52).

Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Risk, vulnerability and social protection—3. Study methods and contexts—4. Afghan rural livelihood trajectories—5. Improving rural livelihood security—6. Conclusion—Appendixes—Bibliography.

Summary: “In 2002-03, AREU research teams documented the livelihoods of dozens of rural households across seven Afghan provinces. New research suggests that toward the end of the decade, many of these same households struggle to meet day to day needs, and are even worse off than before. Their futures are clouded by uncertainty and by a lack of good quality livelihood options that could bring security”—(p. 1).