Commercial Law Needs Assessment

This survey was commissioned by GIZ – Rule of Law in the provinces of Balkh, Badakhshan, Kunduz, and Takhar. It is based on the assumption that Afghan businesses’ lack of legal knowledge and access to legal advice frustrates economic growth in the region and that improved access would bring increased certainty to the marketplace, decrease business risk, and stimulate more informed business decision-making and domestic investment in the North. It was therefore important to achieve a basic understanding of: 1) the actual socio-economic profiles of Afghan medium businesses in Northern Afghanistan; 2) their current needs for legal advice.