Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan - the Afghanistan Research and ...

Table of ContentsGlossary .................................................................................................. iAcronyms ................................................................................................ iiExecutive Summary .................................................................................... 11. Introduction .................................................................................... 72. The Political Economy of Afghan Urban Livelihoods ..................................... 92.1 Background ............................................................................ 92.2 Sustainable urban livelihoods: Framing the analysis .......................... 113. Methodology .................................................................................. 174. Land, Services and Social Infrastructure ................................................. 214.1 Land, housing and security of tenure ............................................ 224.2 Basic services: Water supply, sanitation and electricity ..................... 264.3 Health and education .............................................................. 285. Urban Labour Markets and Household Consumption.................................... 355.1 Urban labour markets and income-earning opportunities .................... 355.2 Household structure and the division of labour ................................ 425.3 Coping with risk: Consumption, credit and debt............................... 466. Asset Building through Collective Action and Representation ........................ 516.1 Neighbourhood and family networks............................................. 516.2 Social assets and collective action ............................................... 526.3 Social assets and representation ................................................. 547. Urban Livelihoods and Implications for Policy........................................... 597.1 Key findings .......................................................................... 597.2 Implications for national policy................................................... 607.3 Implications for urban policy and city planning................................ 627.4 Conclusion............................................................................ 63References..............................................................................................65