“November 2005”.

“An Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit report”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Power structures at the local level—3. Forms of women’s participation—4. Potential NSP linkages to other institutions—5. Conclusions and recommendations—References—Recent publications from AREU.

Summary: “Since mid-2004, the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) has been studying the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), one of the Afghan government’s national priority programmes, in order to better understand changes to power relations in rural Afghanistan as a result of the NSP. This working paper presents preliminary evidence gathered from interviews with facilitating partners (FPs) of the NSP, conducted in Kabul between February and March 2005, as well as information gathered from initial fieldwork in Bamyan, Herat, Faryab and Nangarhar…”—(p. 1).

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