Publication

Mar 2009

This paper examines ways in which the US can supplement its military efforts in Afghanistan by engaging and funding locally based and administered development projects. The authors focus on the National Solidarity Program (NSP) in particular: a set of locally administered and executed development projects that have succeeded in bringing small-scale but widespread improvements in governance and service provision all over Afghanistan. The authors argue that the US should channel more funding into the NSP because it encourages the Afghan government and local communities to cooperate and take progress into their own hands.

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Author John A Nagl, Andrew M Exum, Ahmed A Humayun
Series CNAS Policy Briefs
Publisher Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Copyright © 2009 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
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