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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.

22 October 2010

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

http://www.areu.org.af/
4star
22 Oct 2010

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Self-description:
"The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to inform and influence policy and practice through conducting high-quality, policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture of research and learning. [...] AREU was established in 2002 by the assistance community working in Afghanistan and has a board of directors with representation from donors, the United Nations and other multilateral agencies, and non-governmental organisations. AREU currently receives core funds from the government of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom."

Site contents:
* About (Board of directors, Senior staff, AREU Brochure [in English, Pashto, Dari], Documents (AREU Strategic Plan 2010-12, Research Operation Plan 2010, AREU Organisational Diagram), Electronic mailing list);
* Research & Publications (# Afghanistan Research Newsletter (26 issues by Oct 2010: Afghanistan Research Newsletter 1, Mar 2004 to Afghanistan Research Newsletter, Number 26, Jul/Aug 2010), # Complete List of [A PDF document, titles only, there is no online access to] AREU Publications [papers in English, Pashto, Dari] (Titles include: Sep 2010 "Afghanistan Livelihood Trajectories: Evidence from Faryab", by Batul Nezami with Paula Kantor; Sep 2010 "Local Politics in Afghanistan: Elections and Instability II", by Noah Coburn; Sep 2010 "The Wolesi Jirga in Flux, 2010: Elections and Instability I", by Anna Larson; Sep 2010 "Afghan Election, 2010: Alternative Narratives", by Noah Coburn; Sep 2010 "The Impact of Microfinance Programmes on Women's Lives: A Case Study in Parwan Province", by Sogol Zand; Jul 2010 "Is Capacity Being Built? A Study of Policymaking Process in the Primary and Secondary Education Subsector", by Sayed Muhammad Shah; Jun 2010 "The Wolesi Jirga in 2010: Pre-election Politics and the Appearance of Opposition", M. Hassan Wafaey with Anna Larson; Jun 2010 "Corrupting the State or State-Crafted Corruption? Exploring the Nexus between Corruption and Subnational Governance", by Manija Gardizi, Karen Hussmann and Yama Torabi), # Research & publications by theme (Education, Gender, Governance, Health, Livelihoods and Human Security, Natural Resource Manageme)nt, Political Economy and Markets), # Electronic mailing list);
* The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance [2010, 8th edition. A PDF document in English, Pashto, Dari. It lists actors, structures and government processes related to aid and reconstruction efforts in the country, and offers a glossary of assistance terms];
* Library (# About the Library, # Online AREU Library Catalogue [Search by Author, Title, Corporate Body, Subject Headings, Language. Lists "materials held in hardcopy in AREU's research library in Kabul, Afghanistan. AREU's collection includes books, pamphlets, government publications, periodicals, maps, CDs, DVDs, etc. in English, Dari, Pashto and other languages. When we know these materials are available for download on the internet we provide a URL link in the bibliographic record. Some important materials not available elsewhere are made available here for download. This collection [stats. for Oct 2010] contains 12,164 documents."] # Research [Web] Links [incl. Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, Afghanistan Institute for Rural Development, Afghanistan Legal Documents Exchange Center, Afghanistan's Center for Research and Policy Studies, Kabul Center for Strategic Studies, National Center for Policy Research, Regional Studies Center of Afghanistan (RSCAF)]);
* Jobs;
* Contact
* Search.

URL http://www.areu.org.af/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.areu.org.af/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study / Corporate info. / Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO / Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: Statistics is unavailable
Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Friday, October 22, 2010