Category: "Economy"

The Role of Gender in Division of Labor

by Zahra Rasouli Abstract: Historically the division of labor had been influenced by different factors such as class and race. However as more women enter the job market, the gender added to other segregation factors. Women have been associated with reproductive and domestic work, which made them invisible and socially marginal. The transition of women [...]

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Neoliberal Capitalism: A Love Story

by Mojtaba Salem This piece is a critical reflection on Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” On the global stage, economic interconnectedness means two things: a) bubble-liked prosperity b) chronic recession. A rapid economic development – similar to that of industrially advanced economies – blinds developing nations to the risks they have to undertake for [...]

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Microfinance Effects on Gender and Development Policy

by Zahra Rasouli Zahra Rasouli is a women right activist and currently student of MSc in Gender, Development and globalization at London School of Economics and Politics. She has also MPP from KDI school of Public Policy and Management in Development Management and Economic Policy in South Korea, where her thesis was about Leading Sectors in Afghanistan [...]

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Selecting Budgetary Systems

by Abrahim Rasouli The below paper is a class assignment for Managerial Accounting class at AUAF. Therefore, it is bound to the specific requirements of the assignments. Abstract This study tries to determine which factors are significant in setting up a budgetary system in an organization. Thus, this study finds four types of elements in [...]

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Afghanistan’s Banking Industry: Results and Prospects

by Mojtaba Salem This is the first of a four-piece analysis of Afghanistan’s banking industry. It is expected to notice the mergers and acquisitions of commercial banks in Afghanistan. To gain a larger market share, the leaders of the banking industry, e.g., MWB and Azizi Bank, might attempt to take over either small or poorly [...]

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Afghanistan’s Economy

by Mojtaba Salem “We certainly want to repeat the success. As for the failures, you have to be vigilant.” OMAR ZAKHILWAL, THE AFGHAN FINANCE MINSTER Afghanistan’s economy is growing slowly but surely. The growth of a market economy is the easy part; what seems to be challenging and crucial is the rate at which the [...]

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