TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parkinson, Sarah. 
AU  - Lamey, Jay.
AU  - Mathieu, Shannon.
ED  - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU).
TI  - Means to what end? : policymaking and state-building in Afghanistan / Sarah Parkinson ; editing Shannon Mathieu ; layout Jay Lamey
U1  - Pamphlet  DS 371.412 .P37  2010/ + /PDF /(1.2MB)  
CY  - Kabul : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), c2010.
KW  - Nation-building – Afghanistan.
KW  - Postwar reconstruction – Afghanistan
N1  - “November 2010”; “Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit”—at head of title; “Includes bibliography”—(p. 59-62).; Contents: List of figures, tables, photos and boxes—Acronyms—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. Policymaking and the state-building agenda in Afghanistan—4. Policymaking at the ministerial and interministerial level—5. Beyond the reach of donors : sub national appointments and lawmaking—6. Leveraging change : option for strengthening state legitimacy—References—Recent publications from AREU; Summary: “State-building is a narrative, although not fully coherent or developed, that has served to coordinate and focus international intervention in Afghanistan, in collaboration with the emergent Afghan state, from 2001. Actors engaged with state-building include Afghan politician, civil servants and national technical advisors, as well as a variety of diplomats and analysts working on behalf of the United Nations or one of the 62 aid contributing countries and agencies…”—(p. 1)
ER  -