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Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is a Kabul-based independent research think tank established in 2002 with the assistance of the international community in Afghanistan. AREU’s mission is to inform policy and practice by conducting high-quality, evidence-based research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture of research and learning. AREU achieves its mission through active engagement with policymakers, civil society actors, researchers, and the development assistance community in Afghanistan to promote their use of AREU’s research publications and its library, strengthening research capacity and creating spaces for analysis, reflection, and debate. AREU has been ranked as the top think-tank in Afghanistan by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index Report in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The report also ranked the organization as number 3 in Central Asia. In 2018, UK-based Prospect Magazine recognized AREU as the top International Social Think Tank.Visit Site
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August 21, 2022
We Will Die In Poverty Before Dying By COVID: Young Adults and Multi-Layered Crises in Afghanistan
By: Orzala Nemat, Vidya Diwakar, Ihsanullah Ghafoori, Shukria Azadmanesh -
October 28, 2021
Peace and illicit drugs at the margins: A borderland view of Afghanistan’s SDG 16
By: Orzala Nemat -
February 21, 2021
Judicial Independence in Afghanistan: Legal Framework and Practical Challenges
By: Shoaib Timory -
June 11, 2020
When the Water Runs Dry: What is to be done with the 1.5 million settlers in the deserts of southwest Afghanistan when their livelihoods fail?
By: David Mansfield -
April 30, 2020
When the Water Runs Out: The Rise (and Inevitable Fall) of the Deserts of Southwest Afghanistan and its Impact on Migration, Poppy and Stability
By: David Mansfield -
December 11, 2019
Violence against Women in Afghanistan’s 2018 Parliamentary Elections
By: Noah Coburn, Mohammad Hassan Wafaey -
December 01, 2019
The Helmand Food Zone: The Illusion of Success
By: David Mansfield -
November 13, 2019
Nomad-settler conflict in Afghanistan today
By: Antonio Giustozzi -
September 16, 2019
Nomad Sedentarisation Processes in Afghanistan and Their Impact on Conflict
By: Antonio Giustozzi -
May 30, 2019
The Sun Cannot be Hidden by Two fingers: Illicit Drugs and the Discussions on a Political Settlement in Afghanistan
By: David Mansfield -
October 18, 2018
Swinging Between Hope and Despair: Kabul Citizens’ Voting Behaviour in the 2018 Wolesi Jirga Election
By: Mohammad Mahdi Zaki, Sediqa Bakhitari, Mohammad Hassan Wafaey -
December 04, 2017
The Assessment of EU Crisis Response in Afghanistan
By: Chona R. Echavez, Qayoom Suroush -
July 20, 2017
Mapping nomad-farmer conflict in Afghanistan
By: Antonio Giustozzi -
March 19, 2017
Paradigms driving the water sector reform: a mismatch between Afghanistan and the West
By: Vincent Thomas -
June 24, 2016
The Rules of the Game: Towards a Theory of Networks of Access
By: Ashley Jackson -
June 05, 2016
Moving with the Times: How Opium Poppy Cultivation has Adapted to the Changing Environment in Afghanistan
By: David Mansfield, Paul Fishstein -
April 11, 2016
Briefing Note on Fieldwork in Kandahar Province, December 2015 – January 2016: Opium Poppy and Rural Livelihoods
By: Paul Fishstein -
February 14, 2016
The Devil is in the Details: Nangarhar’s Continued Decline into Insurgency, Violence and Widespread Drug Production
By: David Mansfield -
October 15, 2015
Helmand on the Move: Migration as a Response to Crop Failure
By: David Mansfield -
October 14, 2015
Briefing Note on Fieldwork in Balkh Province, May 2015 Opium Poppy and Rural Livelihoods
By: Paul Fishstein -
July 09, 2015
The Politicisation of Afghanistan’s High Schools
By: Antonio Giustozzi, Ali Mohammad Ali -
September 22, 2014
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium Afghanistan Research Programme
By: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit -
August 28, 2014
Despair or Hope: Rural Livelihoods and Opium Poppy Dynamics in Afghanistan
By: Paul Fishstein -
April 22, 2014
The Contribution of BRAC’s Life Skills Education and Livelihoods Trainings to Social Inclusion in Afghanistan
By: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit -
November 03, 2013
Women’s Economic Empowerment in Afghanistan, 2002-2012: Information Mapping and Situational Analysis
By: Rahim Azami, Massouda Kohistani, Lena Ganesh -
September 24, 2013
Eyes Wide Shut: Counter-Narcotics in Transition
By: David Mansfield, Paul Fishstein -
October 16, 2012
Land Governance at the Crossroads: A Review of Afghanistan’s Proposed New Land Management Law
By: Liz Alden Wily -
July 15, 2012
Fixing Afghanistan’s Electoral System: Arguments and Options for Reform
By: Andrew Reynolds, John Carey -
January 09, 2012
Healing the Legacies of Conflict in Afghanistan: Community Voices on Justice, Peace and Reconciliation
By: Emily Winterbotham -
June 15, 2011
Local Governances in Afghanistan: A View from the Ground
By: Douglas Saltmarshe, Abhilash Medhi -
May 02, 2011
Deconstructing “Democracy” in Afghanistan
By: Anna Larson -
February 28, 2011
Beyond the Market: Can the AREDP transfor
By: Adam Pain, Paula Kantor -
February 22, 2011
Undermining Representative Governance: Afghanistan’s 2010 Parliamentary Election and its Alienating Impact
By: Noah Coburn, Anna Larson -
January 27, 2011
Running out of Options: Tracing Rural Afghan Livelihoods
By: Paula Kantor, Adam Pain -
November 01, 2010
Poverty in Afghan Policy: Enhancing Solutions through Better Defining the Problem
By: Paula Kantor, Adam Pain -
November 01, 2010
Means to What End? Policymaking and State-Building in Afghanistan
By: Sarah Parkinson -
October 01, 2010
Capacity-Building Through Policymaking: Developing Afghanistan’s National Education Strategic Plan
By: Dana Holland -
September 01, 2010
The Wolesi Jirga in Flux, 2010: Elections and Instability I
By: Anna Larson -
September 01, 2010
Afghan Election 2010: Alternative Narratives
By: Noah Coburn -
May 01, 2010
Where Have all the Flowers Gone? Assessing the Sustainability of Current Reductions in Opium Poppy Cultivation
By: David Mansfield -
February 03, 2010
Between Patronage and Rebellion: Student Politics in Afghanistan
By: Antonio Giustozzi -
January 01, 2010
The Wolesi Jirga in 2010: Pre-Election Politics and the Appearance of Opposition
By: Mohammad Hassan Wafaey, Anna Larson -
January 01, 2010
Building a Viable Microfinance Sector in Afghanistan
By: Paula Kantor, Erna Andersen -
August 01, 2009
Patronage, Posturing, Duty, Demographics: Why Afghans Voted in 2009
By: Noah Coburn, Anna Larson -
July 01, 2009
From Access to Impact: Microcredit and Rural Livelihoods in Afghanistan
By: Paula Kantor -
May 01, 2009
Confronting Child Labour in Afghanistan
By: Amanda Sim -
May 01, 2009
Between Discipline and Discretion: Policies Surrounding Senior Subnational Appointments
By: Martine Van Bijlert -
April 09, 2009
Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Licit Agricultural Livelihoods
By: Alan Roe -
December 01, 2008
Counter-Narcotics in Afghanistan: The Failure of Success?
By: David Mansfield, Adam Pain -
November 01, 2008
Elections in 2009 and 2010: Technical and Contextual Challenges to Building Democracy in Afghanistan
By: Grant Kippen -
November 01, 2008
Natural Resources Management, Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods
By: Alan Roe -
October 01, 2008
Afghanistan’s Hidden Drug Problem: The Misuse of Psychotropics
By: David MacDonald -
April 01, 2008
Subnational State-Building in Afghanistan
By: Hamish Nixon -
November 01, 2007
Evidence from the Field: Understanding Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
By: David Mansfield, Adam Pain -
June 19, 2007
Finding the Money: Informal Credit Practices in Rural Afghanistan
By: Floortje Klijin, Adam Pain -
April 01, 2007
Aiding the State? International Assistance and the Statebuilding Paradox in Afghanistan
By: Hamish Nixon -
December 19, 2006
Afghanistan’s Health System Since 2001: Condition Improved, Prognosis Cautiously Optimistic
By: Ronald Waldman, Lesley Strong, Abdul Wali -
November 01, 2006
Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Privatisation and Economic Reform in Afghanistan
By: Anna Paterson, James Blewett, Asif Karimi -
August 01, 2006
Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan
By: Jo Ball, Stefan Schutte -
August 01, 2006
Afghan Transnational Networks: Looking Beyond Repatriation
By: Alessandro Monsutti -
June 01, 2006
Going to Market: Trade and Traders in Six Afghan Sectors
By: Anna Paterson -
May 02, 2006
Continued Protection, Sustainable Reintegration: Afghan Refugees and Migrants in Iran
By: M.J. Abbasi Shavazi, D. Glazebrook -
May 01, 2006
Provincial Governance Structures in Afghanistan: From Confusion to Vision?
By: Sarah Lister, Hamish Nixon -
January 01, 2006
Afghans in Pakistan: Broadening the Focus
By: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit -
October 01, 2005
Alternative Livelihoods: Substance or Slogan?
By: David Mansfield, Adam Pain -
August 01, 2005
A Place at the Table: Afghan Women, Men and Decision-Making Authority
By: Shawna Wakefield, Brandy Bauer -
April 01, 2005
Transnational Networks: Recognising a Regional Reality
By: Alessandro Monsutti, Elca Stigter -
March 01, 2005
Caught in Confusion: Local Governance Structures in Afghanistan
By: Sarah Lister -
December 01, 2004
Looking for Peace on the Pastures: Rural Land Relations in Afghanistan
By: Liz Alden Wily -
June 05, 2004
Minimal Investments, Minimal Results: The Failure of Security Policy in Afghanistan
By: Michael Bhatia, Kevin Lanigan, Philip Wilkinson -
June 01, 2004
Rethinking Rural Livelihoods in Afghanistan
By: Jo Grace, Adam Pain