Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World (ghani, president of afghanistan is author)

Amazon ^ | 2009 | by Ashraf Ghani (Author), Clare Lockhart (Author)

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Ashraf Ghani played a central role in the design and implementation of the post-Taliban settlement in Afghanistan, serving as UN adviser to the Bonn process and as Finance Minister during Afghanistan's Transitional Administration. He has worked at the World Bank and taught at Johns Hopkins and Berkeley universities. He has been nominated for the job of Secretary General of the United Nations and considered for the job of President of the World Bank. He chairs the Institute for State Effectiveness.

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And he became President of afghanistan, the very definition of a failed state.

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2016 article from the NYT. It was all a lie.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/04/ashraf-ghani-afghanistans-theorist-in-chief

“Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan, wakes up before five every morning and reads for two or three hours. He makes his way daily through an inch-thick stack of official documents. He reads proposals by applicants competing for the job of mayor of Herat and chooses the winner. He reads presentations by forty-four city engineers for improvements to Greater Kabul. He has been known to write his own talking points and do his own research on upcoming visitors. “

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Cut and run used to be the go to for the press and media pundits. What happened?

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He has been nominated for the job of Secretary General of the United Nations and considered for the job of President of the World Bank.

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Well, he is seeking opportunities now.

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I met Asraf Ghani in 2003 when he was Minister of Finance and years later when he was President of Kabul Universty. The article told how aloof he was from the other ministers and had no relational skills. I was told the same thing by a key minister in 2003.

When he became President I figured he’d fail as he is an intellectual leader but not a leader of men. John Maxwell describes 5 levels of leadership. Ghani operated on the lowest positional level and some level 3, production (results). He failed at level 2, permission (relationships), level 4 people development, and was far from pinnacle (respect).

I always thought Hanif Atmar (mentioned in the article), would have been a better President. That said, bring President of Afghanistan is a thankless impossible job.