http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/2814/parag-r-dharmavarapu Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:10:31 -0400 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:10:31 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1057/corruption-and-graft-in-post-conflict-afghanistan By Parag R. Dharmavarapu - With the departure of international forces and the exit of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan has entered a new age. While Afghanistan’s GDP has quintupled to $20 billion since 2002, the war-torn country remains one of the world’s most impoverished, insecure and corrupt nations. The poverty rate has remained close to 36% since 2012 and Transparency International ranked Afghanistan as the world’s third most corrupt nation in 2014 ("World Development Indicators ," 2014; “Corruption by Country/Territory,” 2014). Fully 61% of people polled reported paying a bribe, and 34% of them... Wed, 22 Jul 2015 04:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1057/corruption-and-graft-in-post-conflict-afghanistan