Brief An Assessment of Afghanistan's Municipal Governance Framework
Jameson Boex, Grace Buencamino, Deborah Kimble
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One of the international community's overarching strategic objectives in Afghanistan is to promote a more capable public sector that serves the Afghan people. Afghanistan's Constitution and their Sub-National Governance Policy aim to establish a system of elected municipal governments and a framework that allows municipalities to effectively provide public services to their constituents. This will require a major transformation of municipalities from a weak public sector tier to a devoted local governance level. This paper reviews the current state of municipal governance in Afghanistan and discusses the re-orientation required in order for Afghanistan to achieve a more effective and responsive municipal sector.
Research Areas Global issues
Tags International municipal and intergovernmental finance International public administration and local government International civil society and democratic institutions International development and governance