Title Task Force for Business and Stability Operations : lessons from Afghanistan / S. Rebecca Zimmerman, Daniel Egel, Ilana Blum

Published Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 114 pages) : color illustrations Series Rand Corporation research report series ; RR-1243-OSD Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1243-OSD. Contents Introduction -- Background of the Task Force -- Diverse stakeholders -- Exploring project implementation -- Lessons from the Task Force in Afghanistan -- Implications for future U.S. contingency operations Summary "The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO), a multi-year endeavor for the U.S. Department of Defense, sought to use private-sector strategies to create sustainable economies in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this report, RAND researchers use semistructured interviews and both public and internal documentation to identify lessons from the Task Force's activities in Afghanistan, offering insights for similar projects in the future. The analysis describes the multitude of the Task Force's stakeholders resulting from its complex institutional status, plus the challenges that resulted from these diverse stakeholders. It uses a stakeholder-focused approach to explore several prominent TFBSO projects, informed by disparate stakeholder views. Ultimately, lessons identified from the Task Force's activities in Afghanistan fell under six categories: programmatic flexibility, leadership, measures of success, staffing, freedom of movement, and contracting. Because economic development is likely to remain a key component of U.S. contingency operations, policymakers can use the lessons identified in this report when planning and designing similar organizations in the future to find the right balance for success"--Publisher's web site Notes Series from web site "National Security Research Division." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-114) Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed January 15, 2016) Subject U.S. Task Force for Business and Stability Operations. SUBJECT U.S. Task Force for Business and Stability Operations fast Subject Economic development -- Afghanistan Nation-building -- Economic aspects -- Afghanistan POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International) Economic development Afghanistan Form Electronic book Author Egel, Daniel, author. Blum, Ilana, author Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body. Rand Corporation, publisher. ISBN 9780833093745 0833093746 0833092839 9780833092830

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