Rebuilding Afghanistan S Agriculture Sector

This report outlines sector strategies and needs, summarizes the subsectorreport findings, and highlights the programming aspects for rebuilding Afghanistan's agriculture sector.

In Afghanistan, the U.S. has begun to implement the new strategy articulated by Pres. Obama in Dec. 2009. The U.S. military and civilian surge is intended to create an 18-month window of opportunity to strengthen the Afghan government¿s ability to provide for its security and deliver essential services to its people. The U.S. gov¿t. needs to improve the way it designs and implements reconstruction programs. More attention must be paid in these 4 areas: matching the appropriate human and financial resources to achieve policy objectives; developing metrics to measure project and program results to ensure that reconstruction goals are being met; providing better oversight of contractors; and increasing efforts to deter corruption.

Contents: (1) Recent Legislative Action; (2) Intro.: Where the Congressional Debate Will Likely Focus; Evolution and Purpose of Legislation; ROZs as a Trade Preference Program; Economic, Trade and Investment Context for Legislation; (3) Major Elements of H.R. 1318 and S. 496: Permissible Locations for ROZs; Articles Eligible for Duty-Free Treatment under the ROZ Program and Rules of Origin; Tech. Assistance, Compliance Assessment, and Remediation Program; Responsibilities of Labor Officials; Presidential Responsibilities; Limitations on Providing Duty-Free Treatment; Termination of Benefits; (4) Potential Issues: Tariff Line Issues; Issues Related to Geographic Areas Permitted for ROZ Location; Labor-Related Issues; (5) Outlook. Illustrations.

The Other World combines a thematic and area studies approach to explore contemporary global issues in the developing world. Accessible and interdisciplinary, this text offers political, economic, social, and historical analysis plus case studies on Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, Central Asia and the Southern Near Abroad, and Asia. Highlighting similarities and differences among these regions and focusing on enduring problems, The Other World is a practical look at the issues affecting the majority of the world's population.