Obstacles to Home Economic Growth in Laghman Province
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It is crucial to create a foundation and pave the way for the development and growth of a region’s home economics; unfortunately, there has not been enough work to do so for the growth of home economics in Afghanistan, particularly in Laghman Province. This research aims to identify the current obstacles to the home economic growth of Laghman Province. The selected population of this research is the people living in Laghman Province, among whom the data has been collected from economists, employees, and common people through a structured interview developed by the researcher, for content validity, authorized by Laghman University’s central research committee’s professional board. Taking the Saturation Point into account, a total of 20 interviews have been conducted. For the purpose of analyzing the collected data, the researcher has used the thematic analysis method. As a result, the researcher found that there are several interconnected obstacles to the growth of Laghman Province’s home economics, which include educational, economic, infrastructural, and cultural dimensions. The identified list is consist of six major parts: Low levels of education, Lack of skills and expertise, Low salaries for officials, Lack of population control, Poor infrastructure in terms of quantity and quality, and high expenditures due to culture and traditional factors, So the policy maker should consider the mentioned obstacles to pave the road for sustainable development of Laghman Province home economics
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