Search Results - subject:"fragile states"

The Importance of Migration to Small Fragile Economies

Luthria, Manjula - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Most small fragile states have their own unique circumstances that predispose them to social conflict or frequent …

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State Transitions for the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Structural Assessment Using the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy Framework - Le transizioni delle regioni medio-orientali e del Nord Africa: una valutazione strutturale con l’utilizzo degli indicatori paese per la politica estera

Carment, David; Landry, Joe; Samy, Yiagadeesen; Shaw, Scott - In: Economia Internazionale / International Economics 68 (2015) 1, pp. 57-79

Using the framework developed by the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) project (www.carleton.ca/cifp), this paper examines state transitions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While previous studies have found legitimacy to be a particular concern across the region,...

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Scaling up nutrition in fragile and conflict-affected states: The pivotal role of governance

Taylor, Sebastian A.J.; Perez-Ferrer, Carolina; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 126 (2015) C, pp. 119-127

examine what differentiated those fragile states that joined SUN in its first phase from those that did not. Drawing on global …, economic and political factors across 41 fragile states looking for systematic differences between those that had signed up to … of governance (QOG) strongly predicted accession. SUN-signatory fragile states scored systematically better on the World …

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Doing things differently : can water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services support peace- and state-building processes?

Kooy, Michelle; Wild, Leni; Mason, Nathaniel - In: Development policy review 33 (2015) 4, pp. 433-456

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Handle with care : fragile states and the determinants of fragility

Feeny, Simon; Posso, Alberto; Regan-Beasley, Jonathan - In: Applied economics 47 (2015) 10/12, pp. 1073-1085

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Cross-sector collaboration, institutional gaps, and fragility : the role of social innovation partnerships in a conflict-affected region

Kolk, Ans; Lenfant, François - In: Journal of public policy & marketing : JPP & M ; an … 34 (2015) 2, pp. 287-303

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State transitions for the Middle East and North Africa region : a structural assessment using the country indicators for foreign policy framework

Carment, David; Landry, Joe; Samy, Yiagadeesen; Shaw, Scott - In: Economia internazionale 68 (2015) 1, pp. 57-79

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State fragility: Concept and measurement

Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina; McGillivray, Mark - 2008

The international donor community has grave concerns about the prospects for poverty reduction in what it terms fragile … states. A state is classified as fragile if its country policy and institutional assessment (CPIA) score falls below a …

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Resources and the political economy of state fragility in conflict states: Iraq and Somalia

Dibeh, Ghassan - 2008

This paper studies state failure and governance in two conflict-states in the Middle East: Iraq and Somalia. Iraq is currently undergoing a social experiment under which a new form of government is being constructed after the passage of autocratic rule. The government envisaged is a...

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Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe

Bird, Kate; Prowse, Martin - 2008

This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe - one peri-urban, one urban and one rural to provide a window on current processes of impoverishment and adverse coping. Each case and location highlight key aspects of Zimbabwe's recent economic and political turmoil. Together...

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