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  AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

  2023103 · e state of the Afghan economy. It covers recent economic developments and the medium-term outlook for Afghanistan. Each edition includes Special Focus sections providing in-depth analysis of specific topics. The Afghanistan Development Update is intended for a wide audience, including policymakers, the donor community, the private …

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  Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy - CRS Reports

  5  · Renewed Taliban rule in Afghanistan has implications for a number of U.S. policy interests. It has created opportunities and challenges for the various terrorist groups that have a presence in Afghanistan, and has forced the United States to pursue an “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism approach that lacks a local partner.

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  Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S. Economy

  2024312 · The World Bank Afghanistan Economic Monitor provides a summary of the latest economic developments and key economic indicators. Drawing from a range of data sources, including real-time data collection by the World Bank’s Third-Party Monitoring Agent, the Economic Monitor provides up-to-date information on trends in prices, …

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  Measuring illegal economic activities and illicit financial …

  201356 · The illegal economy and its related illicit financial flows can be of substantive size and have the potential to deprive countries of resources for economic and social development. Illicit financial flows from illegal activities can undermine the rule of law, weaken state institutions, fuel corruption and finance conflict.

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  Afghans Adapting to Economic Decline, Social Restrictions

  20221130 · Newly released household data paint a bleak picture of the ongoing human tragedy in Afghanistan and how the Afghan people are adapting as best they can to economic decline and draconian social restrictions, …

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  Water-energy-food nexus: challenges and opportunities

  2020116 · This Special Issue is intended to bring together some of the latest, yet scattered, research activities on the Water-Energy-Food nexus into a single platform, to discuss the major challenges in studying this nexus and the opportunities that exist to …

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  Afghanistan’s staggering set of crises, explained - Vox

  2022815 · Afghanistan’s staggering set of crises, explained A year after Kabul’s fall and the US’s withdrawal, the economy remains in free fall, and the country faces a near-constant humanitarian ...

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  Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Afghanistan

  20201111 · The note is prepared using Computable General Equilibrium Models developed by UNDP for Afghanistan. These notes are intended to provide the policymakers with the evidence to better understand the trade-offs, and provide policy recommendations to mitigate the social and economic impacts of the pandemic.

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