Oases and Globalization by Emilie Lavie & Anaïs Marshall

Author:Emilie Lavie & Anaïs Marshall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

5 New Baghlan Sugar Company—An Oasis in Transition?

Against this historical background, the establishment of the New Baghlan Sugar Company (NBSC) in 2004 sought to revive sugar production in Afghanistan by reconstructing the deserted factory, which had survived the civil war and Taliban rule without its equipment being completely looted (Fig. 5). This endeavour formed part of the larger project of agricultural rehabilitation seen as the backbone of the “alternative livelihoods” approach, the major intervention that directed international efforts to combat the war and illicit economies in Afghanistan. The basic premise of the New Baghlan Sugar Company was a public–private partnership (PPP) involving the Afghan and German governments as well as private investors from both countries (cf. Fig. 6). The contractual arrangements between state institutions and the private sector to revive sugar production were based on the promise to provide “win-win” situations where conflicts of interest could be resolved for the common good.

Fig. 5Baghlan sugar factory in transition

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