Bringing the state closer to the people : deconcentrating planning and budgeting in Afghanistan / Nematullah Bizhan and Ferhat Emil with Haroon Nayebkhail ; editor Victorial Grace.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (ARE), ©2016.Description: xii, 48 pages : color map ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9789936628250
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet JS7442.2. B59 2016
Contents:
Contents: About the authors—About the Afghanistan Research and evaluation Unite—Forewords—Acknowledgments—Acronyms—Glossary—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Provincial planning and budgeting : conceptual framework—3. Provincial planning and budgeting in Afghanistan—4. National and Subnational planning in Afghanistan—5. Conclusions : shortcomings and recommendations—Appendix—Bibliography.
Summary: Summary: “The new political order arising in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001 paved the path for reforming governance practices along with planning and budgeting. This process, however, initially focused on strengthening the central government and ensuring centralized processes for planning and public financial management. The fragmentation of state institutions and the loose institutional link between Kabul and the provinces might have further encouraged the government to excessively centralize the governance process to extend the reach of central government and curb the power of strong local actors…”—(page 1).
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Contents: About the authors—About the Afghanistan Research and evaluation Unite—Forewords—Acknowledgments—Acronyms—Glossary—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Provincial planning and budgeting : conceptual framework—3. Provincial planning and budgeting in Afghanistan—4. National and Subnational planning in Afghanistan—5. Conclusions : shortcomings and recommendations—Appendix—Bibliography.

Summary: “The new political order arising in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001 paved the path for reforming governance practices along with planning and budgeting. This process, however, initially focused on strengthening the central government and ensuring centralized processes for planning and public financial management. The fragmentation of state institutions and the loose institutional link between Kabul and the provinces might have further encouraged the government to excessively centralize the governance process to extend the reach of central government and curb the power of strong local actors…”—(page 1).

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