Addressing the complex challenges that fragile states face is an important area for action on the international development cooperation agenda. Danish development cooperation prioritizes countries that are considered fragile states. This DIIS Working Paper provides an overview of Danish aid to...

1. Development aid as a policy instrument -- 2. Aid and domestic politics -- 3. Consensus and aid generosity in Denmark -- 4. The cautious humanitarian : aid politics in Switzerland -- 5. The long shadow of the past : aid politics in France -- 6. Fragmentation and micromanagement : US aid...