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Spring 2009 Course Description

Policy Research Project

Section Title:	An Assessment of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
Instructor(s):	Kenneth Matwiczak
Course:	P A 682B - Policy Research Project
Unique Number:	62200
Day & Time:	Thursdays, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room:	SRH 3.111
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This course fulfills requirements for the following specialization(s):

Public Management and Leadership
Natural Resources and the Environment
International Development
International Affairs

Description: This PRP will focus on a comprehensive assessment of the work of each of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan between 2003 and the present. For each of the twelve U.S.-led and 14 NATO ally-led teams, the study will analyze:

the model of the PRT (organization, the number of personnel, type of personnel, and length of deployment);
examine the funding streams (where funding originates, decisionmaking over budget allocations, and what funding is used for, why and how much);
gather information about the activities of the PRT, to include, projects completed, amount spent, assessments of the effectiveness of the project, current status of project,
complete an assessment of the security conditions in the PRT area.

The study should reveal useful comparisons between the many different models of PRTs currently conducting stability operations in Afghanistan.
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Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Spring 2009 Course Description

Policy Research Project