Community Collective Activities: National Solidarity Program in Afghanistan

Farid Ahmad Farzam Rahimi

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Published: Jan 23, 2023

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Afghanistan Community Development Councils Community National Solidarity Program Rural Development Sub-project

Farid Ahmad Farzam Rahimi

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This paper evaluates the National Solidarity Program (NSP) as a rural development program in Afghanistan. NSP was created by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in 2003, focusing on the capability of rural communities to identify, plan, manage, and monitor their own development projects. This paper addresses question of: How has NSP carried out its activities and what types of development projects implemented in Afghanistan? Geographically, the research has been focused on NSP activities across the country as a whole, but the fieldwork was focused on Herat province only. NSP has encouraged local communities to act in the form of Community Collective Activity; therefore, the Community Development Councils (CDCs) have been elected at the community level. As of December 21, 2014, a total number of 85,899 sub-projects - including transport, water supply and sanitation, irrigation, power, livelihood, and education - have been funded by NSP. The completed sub-projects are implemented with the direct involvement of the CDCs.

Keywords: Afghanistan; Community Development Councils; Community; National Solidarity Program; Rural Development; Sub-project

Australian Academy of Business and Economics Review, vol 3, issue 1, January 2017, pp 47-60

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Professor Francisco Coronel, Hampton University, Virginia, USA

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Dr. Wan Norhayate Bt. Wan Daud, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia
Dr Kasim Mansur, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Dr S. Fiona Chan, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Fiona Edgar, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr Nighat Ansari, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Dr Nirmala Dorasamy, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Dr William W. Kirkley, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Ivy Chia, Lecturer of Business, SIM University, Singapore
Dr James Henry, University of Otago, NewZaland
Dr Yuan Yuan Hu, Massey University, New Zealand

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Dr. Andrew Banasiewicz, Merrimack College, USA
Dr. Mahadzirah Mohamad, Professor of Marketing, University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia
Professor Moha Abdullah, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr Xiaoming Li, Associate Professor of Economics, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Dr Wei-Bin Zhang, Professor of Economics, College of Asia Pacific Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

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