Humanitarian Disaster? It's Even Worse Than That / Steven Komarow.
by Komarow, Steven; Cox, James; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 79Global Issues. Publisher: Gannett News Service (Syndicate), 2001ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Building | Economic assistance -- Asia | Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan | Infrastructure (Economics) -- Asia | Afghanistan -- Economic conditions | Afghanistan -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Humanitarian disaster? It's even worse than that" --- "Aid workers who describe the conditions here as a humanitarian disaster don't go far enough. Throughout the 25,000 square-mile area that is the Northern Alliance's domain, there are no government services or civil infrastructure, no running water, no sewers, no electricity--and not nearly enough food." (USA TODAY) This article describes the poor living conditions in Afghanistan, where the United States-led coalition against terrorism continues its efforts to oust the controlling Taliban regime and to find suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.Summary: "'Poorest, Most Miserable State in the World' Has Long Way to Go" -- "In one of the most ambitious exercises of its kind, the United States and its allies are about to get busy trying to make something out of the country the World Bank calls 'the poorest, most miserable state in the world.' "(USA TODAY) The author provides the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) assessment of how to rebuild Afghanistan after decades of war.
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This MARC record contains three articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Humanitarian Disaster? It's Even Worse Than That, Oct. 25, 2001; pp. 1A-2A.
Originally Published: 'Poorest, Most Miserable State in the World' Has Long Way to Go, Dec. 17, 2001; pp. 1B-2B.
"Humanitarian disaster? It's even worse than that" --- "Aid workers who describe the conditions here as a humanitarian disaster don't go far enough. Throughout the 25,000 square-mile area that is the Northern Alliance's domain, there are no government services or civil infrastructure, no running water, no sewers, no electricity--and not nearly enough food." (USA TODAY) This article describes the poor living conditions in Afghanistan, where the United States-led coalition against terrorism continues its efforts to oust the controlling Taliban regime and to find suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.
"'Poorest, Most Miserable State in the World' Has Long Way to Go" -- "In one of the most ambitious exercises of its kind, the United States and its allies are about to get busy trying to make something out of the country the World Bank calls 'the poorest, most miserable state in the world.' "(USA TODAY) The author provides the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) assessment of how to rebuild Afghanistan after decades of war.
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