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CIAO DATE: 10/2008

Oxfam submission to the House of Commons International Development Committee inquiry 'Development Assistance in Insecure Environments: Afghanistan'

November 2007

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

This paper - originally submitted to the UK Parliament's committee on international development - outlines the urgent action necessary to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. It focuses on essential policy change in development and humanitarian spheres, including issues of aid effectiveness, governance, agriculture and counter-narcotics.