Private sector development and economic growth : lessons from the U.S. experience in Afghanistan.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Afghanistan.

Economic development.

Economic assistance, American--Afghanistan.

Economic assistance, American.

Nation-building--Economic aspects--Afghanistan.

Nation-building.

Public-private sector cooperation--Afghanistan.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Afghanistan.

Genre:

Government publications -- United States.

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVII, 224 pages) : color illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Lessons from the U.S. experience in Afghanistan

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : SIGAR, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, 2018.

Summary:

The report examines how the U.S. government supported private sector development in Afghanistan since 2001 through efforts led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, with additional significant roles played by the Departments of State, Defense, Commerce, and Treasury. The report provides both the chronology of U.S. government support to private sector development and an in-depth look at the five major areas of economic intervention: creating an enabling environment, providing access to finance, promoting investment, developing regional and international trade, and supporting enterprises. The report identifies lessons to inform U.S. policies and actions at the onset of and throughout a reconstruction and provides recommendations for improving private sector development efforts. These lessons and recommendations are relevant for ongoing work in Afghanistan, where the United States remains engaged in building and supporting the Afghan economy, and in future endeavors to rebuild other weak states emerging from protracted conflict. Our analysis highlights the difficulties of supporting economic development in a war-shattered country.

Contents:

Executive summary.

Chapter 1 Introduction.

Chapter 2 Overview of support to private sector development.

Chapter 3 U.S. support to private sector development: 2001-2017.

Chapter 4 Creating an enabling environment.

Chapter 5 Providing access to finance.

Chapter 6 Promoting investment.

Chapter 7 Promoting regional and international trade.

Chapter 8 Providing direct support to enterprises.

Chapter 9 Findings.

Chapter 10 Lessons.

Chapter 11 Conclusions.

Chapter 12 Recommendations.

Appendices and endnotes.

Notes:

"April 2018."

"SIGAR-18-38-LL."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-222).

Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (SIGAR, viewed May 1, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Private sector development and economic growth

OCLC:

1033404730