ENG - Dr. Ashraf Ghani is the Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness, an organization set up in January 2005 to promote the ability of states to serve their citizens. As Afghanistan's finance minister between July 2002 and December 2004, he set the path for Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery after the collapse of the Taliban. Dr. Ghani is also a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, an independent initiative hosted by the UNDP.
Role in post-Taliban Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani was recognized as the best finance minister of Asia in 2003 by Emerging Markets. During his tenure as finance minister of Afghanistan, he carried out a series of extensive reforms. He issued a new currency in record time, computerized the operations of the treasury, instituted ...
August 16, 2009, Kabul — Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai proved he is the most qualified of all the candidates to be Afghanistan’s next president during tonight’s second national debate on RTA and Radio Azaadi. Ghani demonstrated both his expertise in the issues facing Afghanistan and his passion for improving the daily lives of all Afghans.
Ghani is the only presidential candidate to have participated in both national presidential debates, reflecting his commitment to the democratic process and his campaign’s growing momentum. Tonight’s debate comes on top of the ...
Snap - in poll Ashraf Ghani
A Ten-Year Framework for Afghanistan: Executive Summary
Describing the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan as increasingly perilous, President Obama has committed his administration to enhancing the military, governance, and economic capacity of the two countries. On March 27, 2009, President Obama announced plans to launch a new strategy in the region:
To succeed, we and our friends and allies must reverse the Taliban’s gains and promote a more capable and accountable Afghan government. . . . Afghanistan has an elected government, but it is undermined by corruption and has ...
Snap - in poll Ashraf Ghani Ashraf Ghani’s vision impresses, but most of electorate can’t read, let alone crunch numbers
August 11, 2009
Rosie DiManno
KABUL
He looks like Gandhi or, more accurately, Gandhi as Oscar-portrayed by Ben Kingsley.
The wardrobe is invariably shalwar-kameez traditional, deliberate counter-optics to his widely critiqued image as made-in-the-West bespoke banker/bureaucrat, a candidate who had to renounce his American citizenship in order to run for Afghanistan’s presidency.
He writes books about economics, was most recently chancellor of Kabul University, received serious ...
