$1 Trillion Motherlode of Lithium and Gold Discovered in Afghanistan. A recently unearthed 2007 United States Geological Service survey appears to have discovered nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself.
Politics is the process by which resources are distributed or allocated. As a famous political scientist once remarked, âPolitics is who gets what, when, and how. â Political considerations are a necessary but sometimes problematic part of criminal justice.
Local Government Political Accountability. One underlying theme in studies of democratic government is the problem of political accountability. To most scholars, accountability has to do with the relationship between what citizens want and what government officials do.n the other hand, local government processes-how decisions are made-may be quite opaque. Perhaps most importantly, the institutional incentives and information shortcuts that facilitate accountability at the national level are largely absent. This study is designed to assess the net effect of these factors.