TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aziz,Raja Ehsan
TI  - Micro-enterprises and small/medium scale cottage industries in Afghanistan / 
AV  - HC417. A95 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified] : 
PB  - [Afghanaid Market Study], 
KW  - Economic development
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  - Economic assistance
KW  - Industries
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Humanitarian assistance
KW  - Community development
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  Economic conditions
N1  - Cover title.
Spiral bound.
“March 2003”.
“Afghanaid Market Study”—cover page
; Contents: 1. Executive summary—2. Introduction—3. Methodology—4. Cottage industries, handicrafts and small enterprises : nature of the sector, concepts and definitions—5. Cottage industries, handicrafts and Caravan trade in Pre-modern times—6. Modernization, industrial development and the war in Afghanistan—7. Field visits to Badakhshan, Ghor, Nuristan (Kunar), Kabul, Heart, Jalalabad and Chitral—8. Cottage industries, handicarafts and small-schale enterprises and local skills in other regions of Afghanistan—9. Development scenarios and economic change in post-9/11 Afghanistan—10. Conclusions—11. Recommendations—Bibliography
N2  - Summary: “Afghanistan has a rich heritage of indigenous skills and crafts, cottage industries and various handmade products, based on its diverse local resources, agriculture and livestock. It is endowed with extra-ordinary spirit of enterprise and a long tradition of trans-regional trade and commerce, consistent with its imposing geography and climate. Despite the onset of modernization and limited industrialization since early 20th…”—(page 1)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_hc417_a95_2003
ER  -