Fragile States : Securing Development

Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, discussed the following priorities: (i) understanding fragile states; (ii) building legitimacy of the state; (iii) security; (iv) rule of law and the legal order; (v) local and national ownership; (vi) economic stability, as a foundation for growth and opportunity; (vii) political economy; (viii) the private sector; (ix) coordination across institutions and actors; (x) the regional context; and (xi) long-term commitment. He concluded by talking about the strategic challenges that World Bank Group faces in modernizing multilateralism