Taking village context into account in Afghanistan. SLRC Briefing Paper No. 17
Abstract
Afghan villages must not be treated all the same when designing, implementing and evaluating interventions, argue the authors of this report. This briefing paper summarises the findings of a study on variations in performance of customary village government in Afghanistan. It suggests five key factors that could play a vital part in grouping villages that are similar so as to tailor more effective interventions; highlights the importance of paying more attention to the ways in which new structures are incorporated into older customary arrangements; and explores how village elites need to be worked with in different ways according to whether they work towards the common good or not.
Citation
Pain, A.; Sturge, G. Taking village context into account in Afghanistan. SLRC Briefing Paper No. 17. Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK (2015) 4 pp.
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