Abstract :
The coalition has spent hundreds of millions trying to give Afghanistan electricity. Unfortunately, it made many of the mistakes it made in Iraq. I am trying to determine whether the hundreds of millions of dollars committed to electrical equipment and construction and fuel have made any difference at all in the vast, chaotic, decade long effort to weaken the Afghan insurgency, stabilize this notoriously failed state, and push it in the general direction of the 21st century.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; power apparatus; power system planning; Afghanistan; electrical power equipment; electricity infrastructure; electricity supply network; power system planning; Cities and towns; Construction; Economics; Electricity; Government policies; Power system planning; Rural areas; Substations;
