9780821358351 | World Bank, May 10, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A Guide to Government in Afghanistan has three objectives: i) to provide newcomers to the administrative and political scene in Afghanistan with a basic guide to the structures and processes of government; ii) to provide reformers with some understanding of how to work 'with the grain' of the existing institutional arrangements; and iii) to pay tribute to the remarkable people who have kept the system running and who are now reforming it.