Thematic Research Program

The CFPP is committed to critical issues of particular relevance to the public policy debate and conducts a “Series of Innovative Research on Crosscutting Issues,” which addresses economic governance, alternative livelihoods, fiscal and monetary policies, gender equity, human rights, political parties, constitutionalism, security, etc.  These research areas compile various topics from across our diverse environment in the framework of the following list:

• Macroeconomic Policies and their Impacts – Achievements and Failures
• Skills Development in Post-Taliban Afghanistan – Policies and Progress
• Afghan Parliament and Constitutionalism
• Myths and Realities of Alternative Livelihoods in Afghanistan
• The Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: What Changes are Required in Development Vision, Programs and Revenue Basis for Restoring Fiscal Sustainability
• Depoliticizing of Public Institutions: Transparency, Accountability, Justice and International Experience
• Economic Participation of Youth and Women in Economic Activities
• Impact of Democratization on Afghan Society
• Working Children in Afghanistan 
• Privatization of State Owned Enterprises – Present and Future
• The Budgeting Process and Development in Afghanistan
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Specific Developmental Programs
• Statistical Data Collection, Macro-econometric Modelling and Analysis
• Social and Cultural Trend Studies: A Study of Post-Taliban Afghanistan
• The Skewed Benefits of Foreign Aid – Case Studies of Aid Effectiveness
• Public Policy Appraisals with respect to Employment, Inflation, Trade Expansion and Privatization
• How does the National Budget affect a  Nation’s Problems