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 Publications About Development in Afghanistan

2017

Goodson, Jeff, "Development at War: A Short History", Real Clear Defense, August 7, 2017. A retired Foreign Service Officer with a lot of time in Afghanistan writes on the relationship between development and conflict.
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/08/07/development_at_war_a_short_history_111984.html

Mitchell, David F., NGO Presence and Activity in Afghanistan, 2000-2014: A Provincial-Level Dataset, Stability: International Journal of Securityand Development, June 13, 2017.
www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/10.5334/sta.497/

2016

Barham, Charles. "Stability Operations: Lessons from Afghanistan", Small Wars Journal, February 11, 2016. Barham, a retired U.S. Army Colonel spent four years as a civilian in the Afghan Hands Program (2010-2014).
http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/stability-operations-lessons-from-afghanistan

2015

Mansfield, David. Effective Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-Affected Environments: Afghanistan Post-2014, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), November 12, 2015.
www.usip.org/publications/2015/11/12/effective-monitoring-and-evaluation-in-conflict-affected-environments

MEF, A Review of Selected Foreign-Assistance Programs Implemented in Afghanistan, Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, November 2015.
www.mec.af/files/2015_11_08_Review_of_Selected_Aid_Programs_(English_Full_Report).pdf

Goodson, Jeff, "Strategic Development and Irregular Warfare: Lessons from the High Water Mark of Full-Spectrum COIN", Small Wars Journal, August, 2015. A former director of the STAB/Development staff for ISAF provides an overview of DCOS Stability and the overall development campaign.
http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/strategic-development-and-irregular-warfare-lessons-from-the-high-water-mark-of-full-spectr

AREU, Policy Brief: Taking Village Context Into Account in Afghanistan, Briefing Paper 18, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), September 2015.
www.areu.org.af/Uploads/EditionPdfs/1516E%20Taking%20village%20context%20into%20account%20in%20Afghanistan.pdf

USAID, USAID Policy on Cooperation with the Department of Defense, June 2015.
 www.usaid.gov/policy/dod-cooperation

Raouf Zia, Abdul. 2015. The World Bank Group in Afghanistan: country update. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24231016/world-bank-group-afghanistan-country-update

2014

Kauffeld, Ben. USAID & DOD: Analysis and Recommendations to Enhance Development-Military Cooperation, August 2014. PKSOI, U.S. Army War College.
http://pksoi.army.mil/ . . . /PKSOI_paper_Kauffeld_.pdf

2012

"Quarterly Report to the United States Congress".  Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), July 30, 2012.

2011

"Development in Afghanistan's Counterinsurgency: A new Guide".  Orbis Operations, LLC, posted on Small Wars Journal, March 1, 2011. (PDF)

"Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team Handbook".  Handbook 11-16, February 2011.  US Center for Army Lessons Learned.

2010

"Winning Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan: Assessing the Effectiveness of Development Aid in COIN Operations", Wilton Park Conference, March 2010. (PDF)

2009

"Commander's Guide to Money as a Weapons System: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures".  Handbook 09-27, Center for Army Lessons Learned, April 2009. (PDF)

2008

"The Political Economy of Customary Village Organizations in Rural Afghanistan".  Jennifer Brick, University of Wisconsin, September 2008.  (PDF)

"Post-war Reconstruction in Afghanistan and the Changing NGO-Government Relationship".  Sarka Waisova, China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, August 2008. (PDF)

Afghanistan National Development Strategy, 2008-2013. GoA, April 18, 2008.  (download from Council of Foreign Relations website here).