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Civil Society asks government to liberate Afghan Citizens from the burdens of corruption by passing an Act of Access to Information
Published on: 18 July 2010
KABUL, 17 civil society actors, representing more than 200 civil society organisations, and several media organisations, unite before the approaching Kabul Conference to ask the Afghan Government to pass the draft Act of Access to Information prepared by Civil Society and Human Rights Network to grant Afghan citizens their constitutional right following Art 50 to access information....More
Chinese Afghan Mining Project Will Need Monitoring, Experts Say
Published on: 18 Feb 2010 | Bloomberg
A Chinese copper mining project in Afghanistan will require diligent monitoring to ensure local people and the country benefit from it, a World Bank official and other experts said. The Aynak mine project, awarded in 2007 to the Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., or MCC, has the potential to generate at least $210 million a year for the Afghan economy during the construction phase alone, said Gary McMahon, a mining specialist with the World Bank...More
The Netherlands ignored Afghan gold
Published on: 18 June 2010 - 1:16pm | By Bette Dam
The Netherlands didn't take any notice of Afghanistan's mineral resources in the Province of Uruzgan. Since 2006, Dutch troops in the province have built schools and roads. But Dutch mining engineers might have helped the impoverished country more by helping it dig for gold...More
Cina e Usa mettono le mani sulle miniere in Afghanistan: un tesoro di miliardi di dollari
Published on: 16 June 2010
In Afghanistan il tesoro è sotto terra: rame, ferro, litio, cobalto, oro. Prendere tutto o abbandonare il Paese a se stesso lasciando ad altri questo ben di Dio? Una notizia del New Tork Times fa il giro del mondo A distanza di un paio di giorni due articoli di segno opposto, apparsi su uno dei più autorevoli quotidiani americani, disegnano un quadro del tutto nuovo su un Paese ormai in guerra da trent'anni...More
Afghan corruption runs deep and the cost is high
Published on: 16 June 2010 | By: Dianna Cahn and Michael Gisick
A few miles away, real estate agents say they can't even make a living selling the gaudy mansions of Afghanistan's elite because powerful homeowners stiff them on their fees, seeing themselves as above the law. At the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, experts are working to train a new generation of Afghan prosecutors to tackle corruption. But they, like the government's own anti-corruption agency, are struggling to overcome constant meddling from powerful officials...More
Afghan minister says country's future rests on $1tn mineral treasures
Published on: 14 June 2010 | By: Jon Boone
Wahidullah Shahrani, the Afghan mining minister, will try to sell the war-racked country as a money-making opportunity at a meeting for investors in London next week. Afghanistan is appealing to the world's industrialists to share in a potential $1tn bonanza of untapped mineral wealth that western powers hope will help the impoverished country foot its own bills once foreign troops leave...More
AFGHANISTAN: Can aid money be made more effective?
Published on: 10 June 2010 | By: IRIN
Insecurity; lack of national capacity; unclear goals; blurred lines between military, humanitarian and development interventions; widespread corruption; and lack of coordination have reduced aid effectiveness in Afghanistan, experts say. Research conducted by the independent international Kabul-based Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), suggests that in order to improve the impact of aid, donors must explore and implement innovative mechanisms...More
Copper in Afghanistan: Chinese Investment in Aynak
Published on: 16 March 2010 | By: New Security Beat
Will new investments by the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) in the Aynak copper mine break Afghanistan out of its poverty trap? Will future revenues from the subsoil assets in Logar Province bring peace and stability to the ongoing conflict? The U.S. Institute of Peace brought together expert panelists to discuss the pitfalls and possibilities related to the Aynak contract. Discussed were current uncertainties in investment plans, future risks related to mine operations, how the various stakeholders of the Aynak project can be more engaged in the process, as well as the planned reinvestment of economic benefits within the broader economy...More
China's thirst for copper could hold key to Afghanistan's future
Published on: 8 March 2009 | By: McClatchy Newspaper
JALREZ VALLEY, Afghanistan, In this Taliban stronghold in the mountains south of Kabul, the U.S. Army is providing the security that will enable China to exploit one of the world's largest unexploited deposits of copper, earn tens of billions of dollars and feed its voracious appetite for raw materials...More
Afghan aid ineffective, inefficient
Published on: 10 June 2008 | By: Daily Times
KABUL: Billions of dollars of aid given to Afghanistan have not been spent effectively and the Afghan government and international agencies must be held accountable before more funds are wasted, an independent watchdog said on Monday...More
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