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2004-10-09 Afghanistan/South Asia

Report: Afghan Economy Is Rockin' and Rollin' at Fiver Percent Per Annum

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Posted by badanov 2004-10-09 10:14:55 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bad I think they it's 15 percent a year. 5 percent a year from the stone age would be pretty poor.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-09 11:33:54 AM|| 2004-10-09 11:33:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a lot higher than that. According to the CIA World Factbook:
GDP - real growth rate: 29% (2003 est.)
: note: this high growth rate reflects the extremely low levels of activity between 1999 and 2002, as well as the end of a four-year drought and the impact of donor assistance
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $700 (2003 est.)

Posted by ed 2004-10-09 11:54:07 AM|| 2004-10-09 11:54:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Pent up demand for freedom.

Posted by John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-09 2:03:42 PM|| 2004-10-09 2:03:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!

Posted by Aretha 2004-10-09 3:04:19 PM|| 2004-10-09 3:04:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 One of the problems in Afganistan is the high economic bleding due to the damned pilgrimage. On the year after the fall of the Taliban it spent a sum equivalent to 10% of the Foreign Aid it received for lining ~~thieving~~ Saudi pockets. I have read the Kuran and I failed to notice any place where it tells Arabians should keep the pilgrimage's money.

Posted by JFM 2004-10-09 3:10:53 PM|| 2004-10-09 3:10:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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