Running out of options : tracing rural Afghan livelihoods / Paula Kantor and Adam Pain ; editing and layout Oliver Lough.
Kantor, Paula.
Lough, Oliver.
ACKU
Kabul : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2011.
ix, 53 p. : col. map ; 28 cm.
(Synthesis paper series)
Villages – Afghanistan – Economic conditions – 21 century.
Rural population – Afghanistan – Economic conditions – 21 century.
Afghanistan – Rural conditions – 21st century.
Afghanistan – Economic conditions – 21st century.
Rural population – Afghanistan – Economic conditions – 21 century.
Afghanistan – Rural conditions – 21st century.
Afghanistan – Economic conditions – 21st century.
Pamphlet HN 670.6 .A8 .K36 /2011/ + /PDF/(1.26MB)
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
26143 26144 26145 26146
“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).
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