
	Where results make sense

Topic: Economy of Afghanistan

Related Topics

Timeline of Afghan history

Economy of East Timor

Afghanistan

Afghanistan timeline February 2002

Economy of Pakistan

Economy of Yemen

Afganistan

Politics of Afghanistan

Economy of Syria

Economy of Iran

History of Afghanistan

Economy of Kazakhstan

Economy of Asia

Economy of Saudi Arabia

Economy of The Gambia

In the News (Mon 30 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Afghanistan - MSN Encarta
		Following the collapse of the Taliban regime in late 2001, Afghanistan began the reconstruction of its war-ravaged economy with assistance from international financial institutions and individual countries.
		Afghanistan is noted for its unusually sweet grapes and melons, grown mostly in the southwest, north of the Hindu Kush, and in the fertile regions around Herāt.
		Although the interim government of Afghanistan decreed the cultivation and processing of opium poppies illegal in early 2002, many impoverished local farmers remained financially dependent on the crop.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569370_5/Afghanistan.html (1081 words)

	field - Economy - overview - Afghanistan
		Afghanistan's economic outlook has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 because of the infusion of over $8 billion in international assistance, recovery of the agricultural sector and growth of the service sector, and the reestablishment of market institutions.
		The economy is bolstered by annual remittances from abroad of $600-$800 million, mostly from Greece and Italy; this helps offset the towering trade deficit.
		Structural reform within the economy, such as development of the banking sector and the construction of infrastructure, moves ahead slowly hampered by corruption and bureaucratic resistance.
	www.exxun.com /enec/fd_economy_oview_1.html (1191 words)

	Afghanistan Economy @AryanaSite.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Afghanistan is one of the world's poorest countries, with a gross national product of US$3,200 million (World Bank figure; 1986-1987 prices), and annual income per capita estimated at only US$220.
		The economy is based on private ownership, modified by a limited form of socialism.
		In the late 1970s and the 1980s the economy was disrupted by occupation of the country by military forces of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and by Afghan guerrilla resistance to the occupying forces.
	www.aryanasite.com /afghanistan/introduction/economy.htm (193 words)

	Afghanistan Economy
		Afghanistan is endowed with natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones.
		Afghanistan was terrorized by this group, which was dogmatically opposed to progress and democracy.
		Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world; mine-related injuries number up to 100 per month, and an estimated 200,000 Afghans have been disabled by landmine/unexploded ordinances (UXO) accidents.
	www.traveldocs.com /af/economy.htm (1864 words)

	UNV Afghanistan -Country Profile - Economy -United Nations Volunteers
		Decades of war and conflict have severely damaged the economy of Afghanistan, and the lack of adequate infrastructure, investment and social capital continue to hinder its recuperation.
		Afghanistan has a variety of mineral resources, including natural gas, oil, coal and gemstones, but conflict and insecurity have so far prevented their exploitation.
		Afghanistan’s economic structure is characterized by the dominance of the informal sector (80% to 90% of the total).
	www.unvafghanistan.org /country_profile/economy.htm (262 words)

	Afghanistan Economy, Afghanistan People, Culture, Flag
		Afghanistan consists of a variety of ethnic groups called Afghans, the overwhelming majority of whom are Muslim, usually either followers of Sunni or Shia Islam.
		Right now, the economy map of Afghanistan portrays an extremely poor country which is highly dependent on foreign aid, farming and raising of livestock (sheep and goats), and trade with neighboring countries for survival.
		The economy Afghanistan map shows that Gross Domestic Product has fallen substantially over the past 20 years because of the loss of labor and capital and the disruption of trade and transport; severe drought added to the nation's difficulties in 1998-2002.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/afghanistan1.html (819 words)

	Opium economy in Afghanistan - SourceWatch
		The "Opium Economy" in Afghanistan all but disappeared following the 2001 US-led "coalition bombing campaign and [the] ensuing rout of the Taliban government." However, by October 2002, the opium trade had "roared back to life" to surpass prewar levels and, by December 2002, opium seed was already in the ground for the next crop.
		The military deployments which would be needed to give Afghanistan a stable, legitimate government and the capital investments that would be necessary to put it on the path to industrialization are being used elsewhere, in Iraq.
		Farmers in Afghanistan are planting seeds for a new crop of opium poppies despite efforts by Britain to stop the trade," BBC, November 5, 2002.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Opium_economy_in_Afghanistan (2069 words)

	Afghanistan Economy \| Economy of Afghanistan \| WorldEssentials
		Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on foreign aid, farming and livestock raising (sheep and goats), and trade with neighboring countries.
		The majority of the population continues to suffer from insufficient food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and a dearth of jobs, problems exacerbated by political uncertainties and the general level of lawlessness.
		International efforts to rebuild Afghanistan were addressed at the Tokyo Donors Conference for Afghan Reconstruction in January 2002, when $4.5 billion was pledged, $1.7 billion for 2002.
	www.worldessentials.com /economy.asp?country=Afghanistan (278 words)

	MacroScan - The Post-War Afghan Economy
		Underlying the subsequent massive contraction of the economy was the war that devastated the limited infrastructure of the country, triggered the exodus of more than 3 million refugees to Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere and displaced a large number of people within the country.
		Given the importance of agriculture for employment and GDP in the economy, these figures suggest that the rough GDP estimates relating to 2002 may be exaggerating the poor state of the economy.
		It is known that GDP and revenue estimates in Afghanistan are quite unreliable given the large role of the unaccounted, underground economy in the country.
	www.macroscan.com /fet/jul03/fet070703Afghan_Economy_1.htm (1769 words)

	Economy of Afghanistan - UnitedAfghan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Economy of Afghanistan the economic outlook of Afghanistan's Economy has improved significantly since 2002 due to the infusion of over $2 billion in international assistance, dramatic improvements in agricultural production, and the end of a four-year drought in most of the country.
		Afghanistan is an extremely impoverished country, being one of the world's poorest and least developed countries.
		However, estimating Afghanistan's economy is problematic as it is impossible to gather reliable statistics while it is going through a significant change period in all fronts, with the added problem of less than ideal security situation.
	unitedafghan.com /eco.php (1546 words)

	Afghanistan’s Parallel Economy
		However, bad as the parallel economy may be for the Afghan people and the reconstruction of the country in the long run, there are great incentives for war entrepreneurs to perpetuate the parallel economy.
		This interest runs throughout all levels of the parallel economy, from the rank and file laborers who cultivate the poppy or manufacture the heroin to the warlords who ensure the maintenance of the parallel economy and the expansion of it.
		The parallel economy empowers regional warlords to resist the efforts of the central government in bringing a sense of normalcy and law to the country.
	upsidedownworld.org /afghaneconomy.htm (3205 words)

	Afghanistan economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Afghanistan is a landlocked country and also the largest producer of opium poppies.
		Afghanistan is a landlocked country whose agriculture is 53%, while their industry is only 28.5%.
		Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world, caused by the Taliban's inability to govern and to provide for the basic human needs of the population of Afghanistan.
	www.ri.net /schools/East_Greenwich/Cole/afghanistaneconomy.html (979 words)

	Afghanistan Country Analysis Brief
		Afghanistan currently is governed by a transitional administration headed by Hamid Karzai (national elections are scheduled for September 2004), who took office after a U.S.-led coalition defeated the previous Taliban government, which had provided sanctuary in Afghanistan for the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
		Afghanistan’s crude oil potential is more modest, with perhaps up to 100 million barrels of medium-gravity recoverable from Angot and other fields that are undeveloped.
		Besides oil and natural gas, Afghanistan also is estimated to have 73 million tons of coal reserves, most of which is located in the region between Herat and Badashkan in the northern part of the country.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/afghan.html (2405 words)

	Afghanistan's Narco-Terrorism - Terrorism Monitor - Geopium - P.-A. Chouvy
		Terrorist actions have regularly been perpetrated in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, notably against civilian targets such as foreign and national NGO personnel and most likely by Taliban remnants, al-Qaida groups, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-i-Islami, that is to say by opponents of the Afghan government and the American presence in the country.
		Although some former US allies in the war against the “Evil Empire” were clearly engaged in the illegal drug economy and while some of these have since then become “terrorists,” more recent allies in the “war on terrorism” have also been said to be using opium and heroin for funding.
		In post-Taliban Afghanistan, opiates continue to be produced both in areas traditionally controlled by the United Front (Badakhshan) and in areas held by various local commanders, whose support has been deemed strategically necessary to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.
	www.pa-chouvy.org /terrorism-monitor-afghanistan-narcoterrorism.html (1404 words)

	Economy of Afghanistan
		Economy - overview: Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on farming and livestock raising (sheep and goats).
		Afghanistan was by far the largest producer of opium poppies in 1999, and narcotics[?] trafficking is a major source of revenue.
		Afghanistan is the most heavily mined country in the world; mine-related injuries number up to 300 per month.
	www.fastload.org /ec/Economy_of_Afghanistan.html (1670 words)

	Afghanistan - Economy
		Afghanistan's economic outlook has improved significantly over the past two years because of the infusion of over $2 billion in international assistance, dramatic improvements in agricultural production, and the end of a four-year drought in most of the country.
		However, Afghanistan remains extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid, farming, and trade with neighboring countries.
		The replacement of the opium trade - which may account for one-third of GDP - is one of several potential spoilers for the economy over the long term.
	www.classbrain.com /art_cr/publish/afghanistan_economy1.shtml (460 words)

	Opium Trade Thriving in Democratic Afghanistan - U.N.
		The ''opium economy'' in Afghanistan is an intensely complex phenomenon, intermingled with the country's history, political structure, civil society and economy.
		Titled ''The Opium Economy in Afghanistan: an International Problem'', it points out that the country's opium production has increased more than 15-fold since 1979, the year of the Soviet intervention.
		By 2000, Afghanistan was the source of 70 percent of all the illicit opium produced in the world.
	www.hempfarm.org /Papers/Opium_in_Afghanistan.html (600 words)

	Afghanistan Country Study
		AFGHANISTAN'S ECONOMY SUFFERED markedly after the April 1978 coup d'etat and the subsequent direct Soviet intervention in December 1979.
		The countryside was reverting to a subsistence agriculture economy unaffected by government decrees and regulations emanating from Kabul.
		Afghanistan remained one of the world's poorest countries by any standard, but there was tangible progress.
	www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan/Chapter3.html (643 words)

	Afghanistan Online: The State of the Afghan Economy
		The changing state of the economy: Previously, the Government of Afghanistan controlled the economy and major investments were made in the public sector.
		Under the agreement of the Afghan Transit Trade, Pakistan allows Afghanistan to have access to the sea and to undertake trade and commerce with the international community to the extent required by Afghanistan's economy and commerce requirements.
		Once Afghanistan manages to have access to other neighbouring markets, they may retaliate against Pakistan’s unilateral decision and strengthen their trade relations with other countries where they may have a comparative advantage.
	www.afghan-web.com /economy/econstate.html (2400 words)

	Afghanistan's Web Site - Afghanistan Information Pages
		Afghanistan, in southwestern Asia, bounded on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan; on the east by China and the part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir controlled by Pakistan; on the south by Pakistan; and on the west by Iran.
		Afghanistan was a monarchy from 1747 to 1973, when the king was overthrown by military officers and the country was proclaimed a republic; the republic dissolved in 1992 as the country erupted in civil war.
		Pir Sabir Shah, the spiritual guide of the time, showered his praise for the young Ahmad Shah by declaring him Dar-e-Durran (pearl of the pearls) not because that he was a military giant but for his humanity a definite quality of a statesman.
	www.afghanistans.com /Information/defaulf.htm (274 words)

	Afghanistan's Web Site - Afghanistan Economy
		In the mid-1990s, after a decade of Soviet occupation, war, and economic manipulation, followed by the ongoing civil war, the economy of Afghanistan was in shambles.
		Even in the 1970s, prior to the war, Afghanistan had one of the lowest standards of living in the world; things have declined since then, with the production, trafficking, and movement of drugs and guns as a major hidden part of the economy.
		As the war and its effects spread throughout the country in the early 1980s, two separate economies emerged; the urban financial and industrial facilities, tied especially to the Soviet Union, and the largely independent rural subsistence economy.
	www.afghanistans.com /Information/Economy/default.htm (299 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Central Asian News and current affairs, Russia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
		Afghanistan is estimated to produce 87% of the world's supply of opium (4,519 tons this season, down 2% from 2004), with nearly half of the country's US$4.5 billion economy coming from opium cultivation and trafficking.
		Nevertheless, he is often seen in the corridors of power in Quetta, and with the province's chief minister, shuttling between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		The largest areas of land under opium cultivation in Afghanistan (256,880 acres countrywide in 2005) is in the southern regions, especially around Kandahar, the former Taliban stronghold.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/GI03Ag01.html (1289 words)

	Afghanistan's Economy Expected to Surge in 2003-2004 - ADB.org
		KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (28 APRIL 2003) - The economy of Afghanistan is likely to surge ahead in 2003 and 2004, provided the security situation improves and international support to reconstruction is maintained, according to a major Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released today.
		The Asian Development Outlook (ADO), an annual ADB publication that looks at economic trends in the Asia and the Pacific region, does not include an official growth forecast for Afghanistan, as economic statistics for the country are virtually non-existent.
		This was due largely to currency depreciation caused by speculation surrounding the introduction of new currency notes in October 2002 and high food prices resulting from drought and the end of the growing season.
	www.adb.org /Documents/News/2003/nr2003047.asp (339 words)

	UN STUDY EXPOSES ORIGINS, DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT OF AFGHANISTAN OPIUM ECONOMY, POINTS TO ALTERNATIVE
		In a preface to the study, Antonio Maria Costa, the Executive Director of the UNODC, characterizes the Afghanistan opium economy as an intensely complex phenomenon which -– over the past quarter of the century -– “reached deeply into the political structure, civil society and economy of the country.
		Dismantling the opium economy will be a long and complex process. It cannot simply be done by military or authoritarian means. That has been tried in the past, and was unsustainable. It must be done with the instruments of democracy, the rule of law, and development”, Mr.
		“Afghanistan’s opium economy can be dismantled if the Government, with the assistance of the international community, addresses the roots of the matter and not only its symptoms”, Mr.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/socnar851.doc.htm (295 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)