March 19, 2010

Excellent article that makes very good points on what we should be measuring success against. Point number 2 and 3 - Decreasing transportation cost of goods and Increasing Market Activity is vital to help the economy recover and allow people to ply their trade.

Read the full article here

March 17, 2010

BBC World Service Documentaries profiles the Countries Bloggers.

Listen to the Documentary here on the BBC.

February 25, 2010

BBC World Service Special Report on the role of the internet in Afghanistan.

Listen to the program on the BBC here

January 29, 2010

“This is the avenue for us to do positive things with our money,” Major Seidel said. “We are in a war against an insurgency,” he continued. “You have American and NATO forces saying, ‘We care about your local economy and we are willing to invest in it.”’

Read the Full article in the New York Times

January 27, 2010

Today, after years of foreign involvement in Afghanistan, unemployment is still 40 per cent and more than half the population lives below the poverty line. ... That is why it is critical that at the Afghan donors’ conference in London to Thursday, the international community commits to revitalising Afghanistan’s economy. If it does not, the military effort in the country is doomed to fail.

Read the full article in the Financial Times