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Progress and Pitfalls of “Peace-Building”
in Afghanistan
continues....
Development
Development policies constitute the most important component of a
peace-building process, given that poverty and inequality, sustained after
long conflict, remain to undermine peace by breeding discontent and
anger. Peace agreements create high expectations for economic
improvement and continuing gap between expectation and delivery
becomes a major source of social unrest. In January-February 2006,
international donors pledged an estimated $10,500 million of aid for the country within the framework of a new 5-year development plan.
The Afghanistan Compact. In conjunction with this, the Afghan government
introduced the Interim Afghan National Development Strategy (IANDS) which encompassed plans and goals for economic, political and
social development. Afghanistan now is taking its time to rebuild systems
of transport and communications, banking, health care and education.
While initiating economic recovery precluded by violent conflict, major
attention is generally paid to a production increase in agriculture,
manufacturing and infrastructure.
The Afghanistan National Development Strategy is the road map for joint action over five years and is supposed to be a strategy for security, governance, economic growth and poverty reduction.
Implementation of the Afghanistan
National Development Strategy will require strong backing from the
international community, which must align its resources according to the
priorities set by the Strategy. United Nations Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan (UNAMA) which aims to strengthen Afghan institutions
and build capacity of the Afghan administration at all levels will have to
play the key role in guiding and promoting such effort. This new focus
will have to be reflected in the Mission’s internal organizational structure
and will require resources and expertise that are currently not available to
UNAMA.
To be continued...