Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,17 Dec 2012,18 mins

Afghans' Economic Future

Business Daily

Available for over a year

As foreign troops prepare to pull out of Afghanistan, they may leave not just a security vacuum, but an economic one too. So what are the prospects for business in the country? We have a report from Kabul, and hear from Professor Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at London School of Economics. And Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times reflects on how starting out in the workplace has changed over 30 years - or has it? (Image: Farmers sell their produce in a market in Afghanistan, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Programme Website
More episodes