Author profile: Sarajuddin Isar

Sarajuddin Isar is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was a former Chief of Staff for the Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank (the Central Bank of Afghanistan).

A Blessing or a Curse? Aid Rentierism and State-building in Afghanistan

Sarajuddin Isar • May 23 2014 • Articles

Accountability goes where aid direction flows. Fuelled by foreign aid, the Afghan state tends to be more accountable to donors than to its own people.

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