Publications

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The Silent Revolution of Public Spaces in Afghanistan

The Silent Revolution of Public Spaces in Afghanistan (Koussay Boulaich, Ahsan Saadat, Suhail Mayel) is the untold story of hope and peace in urban areas. The provision of public spaces in cities across Afghanistan is shaping the lives of the citizens, especially women and the poor, and the relationship with their cities. It is a social

“From the people, for the people, with the people”

The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) was a flagship programme of the Government of Afghanistan benefiting from more than $2.3 billion of donor funding. The programme had the goal of building peace and solidarity amongst the people and to empower them to be responsible for local level governance and development. The formation of Community Development Councils

Profile and Response Plan of Protracted IDP Settlements in Herat October 2016

The implementation of the Response Plan will be monitored by Government and participating agencies to ensure progress against indicators. It will also be regularly reviewed and revised as necessary. In this effort, The Governor has established an implementation committee chaired by DoRR to follow up on the progress of the PAP and ResponsePlan implementation progress.

AFGHANISTAN Housing Profile

Afghanistan’s future is urban. The population of Afghan cities is expected to double within the next 15 years and by 2060, one in every two Afghans will be living in cities. This transition represents already and will continue to represent, an enormous challenge but also an opportunity for the Government, the private sector, Afghanistan’s international

Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP)

Policy and programme experiences from different countries have shown the correlation between government legitimacy, stability and peace. The Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP) addresses this complex relationship between governance and peace. The “Safety in Afghan Cities” report, developed from the programme’s baseline survey, presents public perceptions on urban safety in eight of Afghanistan’s most strategic

Coming in from the Margins: Ending Displacement & Increasing Inclusion in Afghan Cities

Since 2002, over 5.6 million Afghans have returned from neighbouring countries and as many as 40% of them have not been able to reintegrate in their original locations. The total number of recorded IDPs in Afghanistan is more than 1.2 million. These returnees together with IDPs, rural-urban migrants and high natural population growth have resulted