Afghanistan’s first citizen’s advice centres: a path to foreign aid success?

Recently, the international community pledged $15.2 billion in aid to help Afghanistan until 2020, with the UK’s promising £750m, succeeding their previous contribution of £180m a year from 2011 to 2015. How can the UK ensure that this new round of government-funded aid meets its main objectives: value for money, the creation of a more stable country, and improvement of people’s lives? The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association’s Citizens Advice Centres provide a pertinent example, write Tevye Markson and Kiera Brodie. The key is in the development of institutional memory and communication between actors, so that lessons are learnt and shared.