Hi Tom, What do you think of the following as a start? Larry CIDA has recently established a Branch/Division to deal with Afghanistan. As at the end of September 2007 the unit was to be fully operational. To date the majority of CIDAs financing has been to contribute to multilateral projects however it is their intent to become more actively involved in projects. Afghanistan raises several development issues: should CIDA only focus its development in Kandahar, complementing Canadas military since that is the Canadian Governments chosen focus, if and how development and the military can collaborate and support the others efforts; how can development be done without contributing to the continued growth of opium poppies; how to do development in a country with corrupt warlords and government. Obviously there are many more issues; you are invited to comment on the above and any others.
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