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The Challenges to Nation-Building
in Afghanistan continues....
Whether the international interest involving Afghanistan will remain
in place in the long run is another important dilemma. Evidences from previous crises, elsewhere in the world suggest that as the spotlight moves on to more topical issues and the political agenda and administrations change, so do funding pledges made at the height of a crisis be forgotten for budgetary or political reasons.
Moreover there are insufficient lobby
groups capable of asking questions and demanding justification from donors.
Some donors also are carried away by the portrayal of the country as finished or devastated, devoid of any potential. They fail to take into account the resilience of the people and the community to cope with hardship. Hence the better components of the civil society that have survived the war are to be invested in.
“Lack of capacity” to spend the money pledged by the international community remains vital. Yet it should be borne in mind by the donors that at the initial stages the recipient nation would have a very low initial to absorb this level of funding effectively.
But will require large sums for investment at a later stage when the capacity and development priorities are established.
The problem lies in the fact that investors are motivated to contribute during the initial post-war period but tend to forget their pledges during the later stages when investment is most required.
To be continued....