Integrity in reconstruction : Afghan roads reconstruction : deconstruction of a lucrative assistance / report author Lorenzo Delesgues.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: [London : Tiri], 2007.Description: 10 p. : ill ; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - Pamphlet HE 365 .A34 .D45 /2007
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Cover title.
January 10th, 2007—(p. 2).
Includes bibliographical references.
Integrity Watch Afghanistan = نگاه شفاف به افغانستان—at head of title.
The real dilemma in the road reconstruction is their symbolic use as evidence to show the progress of assistance. In the case of Afghanistan, the two roads described in this study, Kabul-Kandahar and Kabul-airport road were highly symbolic in that sense. They illustrated the reconstruction success of the post-Taliban intervention. As a result, the symbolic use of road construction increased the amount of money available for it and fuelled the capacity to waste assistance, making it lucrative for private companies specialized in physical reconstruction…—(p. 9).