Board #20 - Billions Spent, Gone in Days: The Case of Afghanistan (2001-2021)

• In Event: 74-315 - Poster Session: Foreign Aid, Development Outcomes and Governance

Brief Overview

This paper examines how foreign aid and military spending turned Afghanistan into a fragile rentier state dependent on external revenues, leading to corruption, weak governance, and eventual state collapse after international withdrawal in 2021.

Author

• Jamaluddin Mohammadi, University at Buffalo - SUNY