Afghanistan: Balancing Social and Security Spending in the Context of a Shrinking Resource Envelope

Afghanistan: Balancing Social and Security Spending in the Context of a Shrinking Resource Envelope

For Afghanistan, the dual prospect of declining donor support and high ongoing security spending over the medium term keeps its government budget tight. This paper uses a general equilibrium model to capture the security–development trade-off facing the government in its effort to rehabilitate growt...

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Main Authors: Aqib Aslam, Enrico Berkes, Martin Fukac, Jeta Menkulasi, Axel Schimmelpfennig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2014-09-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Subjects:
Afghanistan
public investment
development spending
security spending
security and growth
public investment, and fiscal sustainability
Online Access:https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/ADEV_a_00033

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https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/ADEV_a_00033

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