Drugs and (Dis)order Database of Development Aid in Borderlands in Afghanistan, 2002-2018

Database of development aid interventions and investments for Nangarhar, Nimroz and Badakshan provinces for period 2002-2018. Data have been compiled from existing paper reports, digital reports and digital databases obtained from donor agencies, ministries, local authorities and NGOs. The purpose of compiling the database was to gather evidence on whether or not interventions and developments influence the drugs economy. There is a belief that tackling drugs and promoting development are mutually reinforcing, assuming that development will generate viable alternative livelihood options for those engaged in drug economies. Official and NGO strategies thus follow the assumption that if lack of development fosters illicit activities such as drug crops, this can be alleviated by economic development interventions and state-building projects. Aim was to record all development organizations active in the borderland areas and record the scope, scale, location and monitory investment of programmes, projects and interventions they fund ‒ not just drug control interventions but also mainstream development interventions in general ‒ for the period 2002 to 2018.