Poverty in Afghanistan, Mohammad Hakim Haider; Sumit Kumar
Автор: Marieke van Houte Название: Return Migration to Afghanistan ISBN: 3319407740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319407746 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: It introduces Afghan return migration from Europe as a relevant case study, since the country`s protracted history of conflict and migration shows how the globally changing political discourses of recent decades have shaped migration strategies.
Автор: Huffman, James L., Название: Down and out in late Meiji Japan / ISBN: 0824872916 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824872915 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 15523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan`s hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. James Huffman draws on newspaper articles, official surveys, and reminiscences to recreate for readers life as experienced by the poor themselves.
Автор: Wagner David Название: Poverty and Welfare in America: Examining the Facts ISBN: 1440856443 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781440856440 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 8019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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Poverty and Welfare in America: Examining the Facts, like every book in the Contemporary Debates series, is intended to puncture rather than perpetuate myths that diminish our understanding of important policies and positions; to provide needed context for misleading statements and claims; and to confirm the factual accuracy of other assertions.
This book clarifies some of the most contentious and misunderstood aspects of American poverty and the social welfare programs that have been crafted to combat it over the years. In addition to providing up-to-date data about the extent of American poverty among various demographic groups in the United States, it examines the chief causes of poverty in the 21st century, including divorce, disability, and educational shortfalls. Moreover, the book provides an evenhanded examination of the nation's social welfare agencies and the effectiveness of various social service programs managed by those agencies in addressing and reducing poverty.
Описание: Security, Development and Violence in Afghanistan explores the realities of the Afghan intervention for those living and working through the 2001 conflict and the humanitarian response. Drawing on experience in Afghanistan, Althea-Maria Rivas focuses on the micro-level interactions between a range of local and external actors.
Автор: Izabela Leao, Mansur Ahmed, Anuja Kar Название: Jobs from Agriculture in Afghanistan ISBN: 1464812659 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464812651 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4703.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The agriculture sector can play an important role in poverty reduction and sustained growth in Afghanistan, primarily through job creation, improved productivity, and inclusiveness. Using an 'agricultural jobs lens' and multidimensional approach, this report explores the sector's direct and indirect roles in explaining the dynamics of rural employment. The report critically examines three dimensions. First, it evaluates the current jobs structure in rural areas and finds that rural jobs are concentrated in cereal agriculture, especially in wheat, which reflects why the returns from jobs in agriculture are low in Afghanistan. Second, it analyzes the inclusive nature of agriculture jobs for vulnerable groups such as women, youth, those who are landless, and the bottom 40 percent of income earners. The analysis finds that although agriculture jobs are inclusive, many women and youth participate as voluntary family workers because they are unable to access markets and/or find paid jobs in the nonfarm sector. Third, the report evaluates the role of public and private sector interventions in supporting job creation in agriculture. It was argued that interventions can work and that there is significant scope to scale them up. Overall, the report exhibits many insights about the state of Afghanistan's rural labor market and provides guidance for formulating effective job-creation policies for the rural population. The key recommendations provide a pathway to achieve sustained and inclusive job growth through diversification toward high-value crops and livestock, linking farmers to markets through continued investment in connectivity and rural infrastructure, a balanced development strategy for an enabling environment for farm and nonfarm sectors, and strengthening the private sector presence in agriculture and its linkage with the public sector to agribusiness. In tandem, it is important to improve the design structure of jobs measurement for rural jobs, especially jobs in agriculture tailored to sectoral context.
Автор: Hogg, Richard. Название: Afghanistan in transition : ISBN: 082139861X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821398616 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3465.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The withdrawal of most international troops by 2014 will have a profound and lasting impact on the country's economic and development fabric. This book explores some of these ramifications. Development progress since 2001 has been mixed. The country has recorded some major achievements such as rapid economic growth, relatively low inflation, better public financial management, and gains in basic health and education. Key social indicators, including life expectancy and maternal mortality, have improved markedly, and women are participating more in the economy. Yet in other respects, particularly governance and institution building, the country has fared less well, and many indicators have worsened in recent years. Afghanistan remains one of the world's least developed countries, with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of only $528. More than a third of the population live below the poverty line, more than half are vulnerable and at serious risk of falling into poverty, and three-quarters are illiterate. Additionally, political uncertainty and insecurity could undermine Afghanistan's transition and development prospects. <br><br>The large aid inflows that have benefited Afghanistan have also brought problems. Aid has underpinned much of the progress since 2001-including that in key services, infrastructure, and government administration-but it has also been linked to corruption, poor aid effectiveness, and weakened governance. Aid is estimated to be $15.7 billion-about the same as the size of theGDP in fiscal year 2011. Despite the large volume of aid, most international spending 'on' Afghanistan is not spent 'in' Afghanistan, as it leaves the economy through imports, expatriated profits of contractors, and outward remittances. Other countries' experience shows that the impact of large aid reductions on economic growth may be less than expected. The main issue for the future is how to manage this change, mitigate impacts, and put aid and spending on a more sustainable path. <br><br>This book is intended for a wide audience interested in the relationship between conflict, aid and development and how international responses to post-conflict state building and reconstruction may both help and hinder a countries transition out of conflict towards a more stable future.
Автор: J. Montgomery; D. Rondinelli Название: Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan ISBN: 0230602207 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230602205 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6986.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for `nation building` is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afghanistan and Iraq.
Автор: Noah Coburn Название: Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention ISBN: 0804796637 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804796637 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 8778.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan mobilized troops, funds, and people on an international level not seen since World War II. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and tens of billions of dollars flowed into the country. But what was gained for Afghanistan—or for the international community that footed the bill? Why did development money not lead to more development? Why did a military presence make things more dangerous?
Through the stories of four individuals—an ambassador, a Navy SEAL, a young Afghan businessman, and a wind energy engineer—Noah Coburn weaves a vivid account of the challenges and contradictions of life during the intervention. Looking particularly at the communities around Bagram Airbase, this ethnography considers how Afghans viewed and attempted to use the intervention and how those at the base tried to understand the communities around them. These compelling stories step outside the tired paradigms of 'unruly' Afghan tribes, an effective Taliban resistance, and a corrupt Karzai government to show how the intervention became an entity unto itself, one doomed to collapse under the weight of its own bureaucracy and contradictory intentions.
Автор: Bizhan, Nematullah Название: Aid Paradoxes in Afghanistan ISBN: 0367888866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367888862 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines how foreign aid has affected Afghanistan`s weak state since US intervention in 2001. It argues that the relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and that the effects of aid on weak states depends on donors` interests, aid modality and the recipient`s pre-existing institutional and socio-political condition
Описание: It introduces Afghan return migration from Europe as a relevant case study, since the country`s protracted history of conflict and migration shows how the globally changing political discourses of recent decades have shaped migration strategies.
Автор: Cronin Mark Название: Poverty and Inclusion in Early Years Education ISBN: 1138201502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138201507 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 3980.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Poverty and Inclusion in Early Years Education helps practitioners to understand the experiences of young children living in poverty. It considers recent policy and practice reforms which have recognised the critical role played by Early Years settings and practitioners in guaranteeing a secure foundation for children`s future attainment.
Автор: Kingwell Mark Название: Wish I Were Here: Boredom and the Interface ISBN: 0773557121 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780773557123 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4383.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline you have been waiting for. Offering a timely meditation on the profound effects of constant immersion in technology, also known as the Interface, Wish I Were Here draws on philosophical analysis of boredom and happiness to examine the pressing issues of screen addiction and the lure of online outrage. Without moralizing, Mark Kingwell takes seriously the possibility that current conditions of life and connection are creating hollowed-out human selves, divorced from their own external world. While scrolling, swiping, and clicking suggest purposeful action, such as choosing and connecting with others, Kingwell argues that repeated flicks of the finger provide merely the shadow of meaning, by reducing us to scattered data fragments, Twitter feeds, Instagram posts, shopping preferences, and text trends captured by algorithms. Written in accessible language that references both classical philosophers and contemporary critics, Wish I Were Here turns to philosophy for a cure to the widespread unease that something is amiss in modern waking life.
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