Abstract
Afghanistan might be characterized as having a paucity of toilets and an excess of corruption. These two aspects capture the post-Taliban essence of the country. The “achievements” of Hamid Karzai the de facto mayor of Kabul, the United States and NATO in Afghanistan after more than eight years of U.S. occupation and approximately $25 billion in disbursed (2001-9) non-military aid, include Afghanistan being ranked as the worst place in the world for sanitation (per UNICEF data) and in 2009 posting 179th (out of 180 countries) in Transparency International’s corruption-perceptions index. The latter figure for 2005 showed Afghanistan ranking 117th out of 159 countries.
Department
Economics
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Journal Title
Revista Espaco Academico
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Herold, Marc W., “An Excess of Corruption and a Deficit of Toilets: American and Karzai’s Successes in Afghanistan,” Revista Espaco Academico (Brazil) Vol. 10, No. 113 (2010): 130-140 at http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/EspacoAcademico/article/view/11354/6154 and at http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/09/28/an-excess-of-corruption-and-a-deficit-of-toilets-american-and-karzai-s-successes-in-afghanistan.html and in Spanish at http://www.rebelion.org/docs/113965.pdf
Comments
This is an article published in Revista Espaco Academico in 2010, available online: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/EspacoAcademico/article/view/11354