State Building in Afghanistan: Aid, Politics and State Capacity. Asian Survey

Nemat Bizhan

doi:10.1525/as.2018.58.6.973

State Building in Afghanistan: Aid, Politics and State Capacity. Asian Survey

Nemat Bizhan

Development Policy Centre

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Abstract

Sourcesofstaterevenuehaveimplicationsforthebuildingofstateinstitutionsandgovernance.State-buildingcruciallydependsonhowrevenueis collected,includingthecompromisesrulersmakewiththeircitizenstocollect (anduse)revenue,theinstitutionalcapacitythestatedevelopstoachievethis task,andtheextenttowhichtheinstitutionalarrangementsreflecttheinterestsofboththerulersandtheruled.Thestate-buildingliteraturedemonstratesthatrevenuesourcesmayhavedifferentimplicationsforthepatternof state-building.Taxandnon-taxrevenues(oilandforeignaid)thusproduce particularpoliticalandinstitutionaloutcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	973–994
Journal	Asian Survey
Volume	58
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2018.58.6.973
Publication status	Published - 2019

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