A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN by Anne Evans, Nick Manning, Yasin Osmani ( 9780821358351 )

Item Details

Title:

A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN

By:

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£26.50
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10:

0821358359

ISBN 13:

9780821358351

Publisher:

WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS

Pub. date:

30 April, 2004

Pages:

150

Description:

The three objectives of this text are: to provide newcomers with a basic guide to the structures and processes of government; to provide reformers with some understanding of how to work with the grain of the existing institutional arrangements; and to pay tribute to the people who have kept the system running and who are now reforming it.

Synopsis:

A Guide to Government in Afghanistan has three objectives: i) it seeks to provide newcomers to the administrative and political scene in Afghanistan with a basic guide to the structures and processes of government; ii) it intends to provide reformers with some understanding of how to work ""with the grain"" of the existing institutional arrangements; and iii) it seeks to pay tribute to the remarkable people who have kept the system running and who are now reforming it. In pursuing these objectives, this guide attempts to set out the underlying strengths of the public sector, describing the evolution of the Afghan state, the current political context, and the administrative and organizational components of the government. It sets out the legal basis and organizational responsibilities for key fiscal tasks including revenue collection, budget preparation and execution, and accounting and audit. It also describes the organizational structures in the provinces, the way in which the staffing establishment is determined, and the structure of pay and grading. In particular, it looks at the arrangements for service delivery in the education and health sectors.The guide draws the bulk of its material from six provincial case studies: Faryab and Herat, undertaken in November 2002; Badakhshan and Wardak, in April 2003, Kandahar in June 2003, and finally Bamyan in July 2003. The paper has also benefited from additional research undertaken by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) and the World Bank.

Illustrations:

black & white illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

World Bank Publications

Returns:

Non-returnable

Some other items by this author:

A CULTURE OF ENQUIRY

A CULTURE OF ENQUIRY (PB)

ANNE EVANS

ANNE EVANS. POEMS AND MUSIC. WITH MEMORIAL PREFACE BY A. T. RITCHIE