Natural resource management and poverty in post-Taliban Afghanistan

Post-Taliban Afghanistan faces a wide range of complex issues. These include deep rural poverty and degraded and over-exploited natural resources. The international community and the Government of Afghanistan must mobilise resources to tackle the poverty and enhance the status of natural resources. The paper argues that, despite some recent significant improvements on strategy and policy formulation, natural resource management is not yet far advanced towards the MDG goals. The paper offers an analysis of matters with recommendations for change.