TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bizhan,Nematullah
AU  - Ferhat Emil
AU  - Haroon Nayebkhail
ED  - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (ARE).
TI  - Bringing the state closer to the people : : deconcentrating planning and budgeting in Afghanistan / 
SN  - 9789936628250
AV  - Pamphlet JS7442.2. B59 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Kabul, Afghanistan : 
PB  - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (ARE), 
KW  - Local government
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  - Subnational governments
KW  - Right to development
KW  - Humanitarian assistance
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  Politics and government
KW  -  2001-
N1  - “July 2016”; “Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit ; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development Issues paper; 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
N2  - 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)
ER  -