Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis provides academics and researchers interested in planning, urbanism and conflict studies with a multidisciplinary, international assessment of the reconstruction and foreign aid efforts in Afghanistan.
The book draws together expert contributions from countries across three continents Asia, Europe and North America which have provided external aid to Afghanistan. Using international, regional and local approaches, it highlights the importance of rebuilding sustainable communities in the midst of ongoing uncertainties. It explores the efficacy of external aid; challenges faced; the response of multilateral international agencies; the role of women in the reconstruction process; and community-based natural disaster risk management strategies. Finally, it looks at the lessons learned in the conflict reconstruction process to better prepare the country for future potential human, economic, infrastructural and institutional vulnerabilities.
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| Preface |
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1 Housing and disaster risk management in uncertain times: notes on Afghanistan |
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2 The Afghan economy: a historical overview |
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3 Locality and power: a methodological approach to Afghan rural politics |
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PART II The role of women in the reconstruction process |
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4 Women and economic development in post-conflict Afghanistan: learning from other Muslim nations |
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5 International development and gender in Afghanistan: the impact of the women, peace and security agenda 2001-2015 |
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6 Women, peace and security: the uphill battle of transforming Afghanistan through women's meaningful participation in peaccbuilding and security |
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7 Reconstruction and gender: why women are crucial to the successful reconstruction of Afghanistan |
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PART III International donor community responses |
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8 Afghanistan and the politics of quagmire: a retrospective analysis of US policy |
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9 China in Afghanistan - a new force in the war in Afghanistan? |
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10 India's support for Afghanistan's reconstruction |
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11 Afghanistan imbroglio: reassessing external powers' role in rebuilding the country |
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12 Evaluating World Bank support for building the capacity of the state and its accountability to citizens in Afghanistan |
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13 Concluding remarks: the way forward for Afghanistan |
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Adenrele Awotona, Professor of Sustainable Urban Development in the School for the Environment, is the Founder and Director of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He was previously a Director of Studies for the British Council International Seminars ("Reconstruction after disasters") in the UK. He has also organized major international conferences (on Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Japan, etc.) and hosted a workshop for the U.S. Department of State (with participants from Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay). A stream of publications has emanated from both his research and his consultancy services.
