Micro-enterprises and small/medium scale cottage industries in Afghanistan / Raja Ehsan Aziz.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : [Afghanaid Market Study], 2003.Description: [3] unnumbered pages, 111 pages ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification: - HC417. A95 2003
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | Available | 3ACKU000388966 | |||||
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | Available | 3ACKU000387935 | |||||
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | 3 | Available | 3ACKU000387695 |
Cover title.
Spiral bound.
“March 2003”.
“Afghanaid Market Study”—cover page.
“Includes bibliography”—(pages 109-111).
Contents: 1. Executive summary—2. Introduction—3. Methodology—4. Cottage industries, handicrafts and small enterprises : nature of the sector, concepts and definitions—5. Cottage industries, handicrafts and Caravan trade in Pre-modern times—6. Modernization, industrial development and the war in Afghanistan—7. Field visits to Badakhshan, Ghor, Nuristan (Kunar), Kabul, Heart, Jalalabad and Chitral—8. Cottage industries, handicarafts and small-schale enterprises and local skills in other regions of Afghanistan—9. Development scenarios and economic change in post-9/11 Afghanistan—10. Conclusions—11. Recommendations—Bibliography.
Summary: “Afghanistan has a rich heritage of indigenous skills and crafts, cottage industries and various handmade products, based on its diverse local resources, agriculture and livestock. It is endowed with extra-ordinary spirit of enterprise and a long tradition of trans-regional trade and commerce, consistent with its imposing geography and climate. Despite the onset of modernization and limited industrialization since early 20th…”—(page 1).
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