Ahmad Walid Barlas

• PhD candidate
• PhD researcher at Universität Greifswald

This study delves into the perspectives of graduates on higher education in Afghanistan. Utilizing a stratified sampling approach, 284 graduates from Samangan Higher Education Institute were surveyed. The sample size was determined using the Cochran method with a 5% error rate. Over three weeks in November 2023, responses from 121 graduates of the...

This paper appraised urban poverty determinants in Afghanistan considering Mazar-e-Sharif as a case study. The data was collected from 326 households using a multi stage sampling approach. The logit model was applied to estimate the influencing factors on poverty status among targeted households. The findings reveal that age of household head, remi...

Afghanistan has experienced a major refugee crisis in the last four decades. The Afghan migration patterns are shaped by a mix of political, social, environmental, and economic factors, making it difficult to pinpoint Afghan migration decisions to a single determinant. This study reviews Afghanistan's population movements, taking into account a his...

Migration of Afghans, particularly the young generation made headlines, when the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. Many countries including the USA, Germany, UK, Canada and Australia brought major changes in assessing documents of Afghan asylum seekers at risk. This paper studies the opinion of Afghan youth migrating under the Taliban regime. We s...

افغانستان در طی چهار دهه اخیر بحران‌های مهاجرتی زیادی را تجربه کرده است. براساس آمارها و گزارش‌های نشرشده، تغییر رژیم در افغانستان از طریق جنگ و خون‌ریزی در هر برهه تاریخی، همواره موج جدیدی از مهاجرت را به همراه داشته است. به طور مثال، در اواخر دهه ۱۹۸۰ حدود ۶ میلیون تن از سرزمین آبایی خود متواری و در کشورهای مختلف جهان مسکن‌گزین شدند. از شروع تهاج...

This study appraises the pushing factors on migration of Afghan youth to Turkey. The primary data were collected from 184 respondents through the administration of an online survey. 123 Afghan immigrant youth were selected based on both convenience and snowballing sampling approaches in Turkey, and 61 youth were participated in our online survey fr...

This study analysis the key determinants of international migration among Afghanistan citizens, using Balkh province as a case study. The primary data were gathered with assistance of questionnaire from 132 migrant households in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province. The households were selected using a convenience sampling approach. The resear...

This study evaluates the impact of expenditure compositions on economic growth in Afghanistan. The data was collected from the World Bank and Ministry of Finance using a period of 2004 to 2019. The gross domestic product was stated as dependent variable and public expenditure compositions were included as independent variables. The adjusted Keynesi...

This research evaluates the destinations of Afghan migrants and the impact of external remittances on income distribution in the Northeastern region of Afghanistan. The primary data was collected from questionnaires sent to 300 households in Takhar and Badakhshan provinces. The respondents were selected using a multi-stage sampling approach. The Gi...

This research appraises the influencing factors on rural-urban migration in Samangan province, Afghanistan. The primary data were obtained through the administration of a questionnaire to 400 households in Aybak city and Khuram-o-Sarbagh district. The respondents were selected using a multi-stage sampling approach. A logit model was used to estimat...

This research assessed the contribution of external remittances to total household income in the northern provinces of Afghanistan. The primary data were collected with the assistance of questionnaires from 450 households in Balkh, Samangan and Jawzjan provinces. Both income composition function and quantile regression were employed to derive the c...

This study examined the impact of migrant remittances on household welfare in Afghanistan, using Aybak city in Samangan province as a case study. The primary data were obtained from a question-naire delivered to 230 households. The households were selected based on a convenience sampling approach. The Working-Leser function was applied to estimate...

This study analyses the productivity and technical efficiency of grapevine farming in the Firoz Nakhchir district of Samangan province. The primary data were collected via questionnaire, and the field survey was conducted on a sample of 200 grape planters in six villages. The stochastic frontier function was employed to estimate production function...