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Why do we see boom-and-bust growth in fragile and conflict-affected states?
One of the most pressing challenges in development policy is to bring about rapid, sustained, and inclusive growth in developing countries. Apart from...
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A summer reading list of our latest papers, articles, and books
At the UNU-WIDER offices here in Helsinki, Finland, the summer holidays are almost upon us. Looking at the list of new UNU-WIDER publications, it is...
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Aid targeting to fragile and conflict-affected states and implications for aid effectivenessWhile significant amounts of foreign aid have been allocated to the group of so-called fragile and conflict-affected states in recent years, it is not clear whether that aid is targeted to where it is most needed. This paper extends recent work by...
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Aid and fragile statesAid is still an important feature of the development landscape. Fragile states, in particular, have the greatest development needs but due to their poor governance they are the least likely countries to use aid effectively to meet their development...
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Development Assistance for PeacebuildingThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at www.tandfebooks.com and offered as a free PDF download from Taylor & Francis Group and selected open access locations. Development assistance...
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The National Solidarity ProgrammePart of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
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The Yemen Social Fund for DevelopmentPart of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
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Liberia’s Gender-Sensitive Police ReformPart of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
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Impact Assessment of the Facilitadores Judiciales Programme in NicaraguaPart of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
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The World Bank’s Health Projects in Timor-LestePart of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
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Exiting the fragility trapThose fragile states whose stagnation is so tenacious despite generous aid programs, and substantial and costly interventions, are stuck in a ‘fragility trap.’ Caught in a low-level equilibrium, trapped states appear to be in a perpetual political...
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Backsliding and reversalIan Bremmer published a treatise on the stability of states built on the notion that states fall along a curve resembling a slanted “J” when plotting their stability against openness. States in the turnover process are considered unstable, and are at...
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Aid effectivenessThe questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of considerable attention. This thematic issue brings together nine studies that speak to the diverse ways in which aid affects development outcomes including, but not...
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Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in West African SahelThis study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger. It adds to the literature that acknowledges the existence of heterogeneities in informal work and the body of evidence on informal self...
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Aid Impact and EffectivenessPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
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Aid Targeting to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Implications for Aid EffectivenessPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
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A new way to approach economic growth in fragile contexts
Weak legal systems, complex regulations, dishonoured agreements, corruption, general disorder - these are just some of the challenges that development...
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Aid effectiveness in fragile and conflict-affected contextsThe objective of this paper is to focus on fragility research findings and examine what works or does not work in development aid and development cooperation in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. We draw on our own research findings as well as...
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Development aid in fragile statesDrawing from a growing body of literature on development aid in fragile contexts, this paper investigates the effectiveness of COVID-19 aid in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The paper uses the OECD’s Principles for Good International...
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From UNU-WIDER to the world: Journeys in development economics
‘What makes UNU-WIDER a unique place for researchers is the sense of community and the combination of academic rigour, policy relevance, and position...
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Statebuilding in fragile countriesSupporting state capacity is a priority for the international community, yet the record of internationally supported statebuilding to date has been mixed at best. A key question for continuing research concerns the factors influencing more versus...
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International development assistance and the inclusivity paradox in fragile and conflict-affected statesThe principle of inclusive development lies at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular Goal 16, with its focus on inclusive societies backed by inclusive institutions. Yet despite its ubiquity across the SDGs...
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Politics, policies, and the effectiveness of foreign aid in fragile statesInternational development cooperation has evolved since the 1960s. The effectiveness of aid is still topical, but studies have not paid adequate attention to the relationship between sectoral aid, politics, institutions, and aid effectiveness in...
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More information, better knowledge? The effects of information campaigns on aid beneficiaries’ knowledge of aid projectsAid beneficiaries know very little about development interventions in their own communities. This lack of transparency and information is likely to reduce beneficiaries’ ability and willingness to become active in local development. It may also...
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The dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African SahelPart of Book The Job Ladder
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Common factors in conflict-induced state fragility
What does it mean to be a fragile state? According to the IMF, fragile states are those in ‘which the government is unable to reliably deliver basic...
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How did South Sudan get stuck in a fragility trap?
In my last blog I wrote about the common factors at play in political and economic transitions. Using the case of South Sudan, I demonstrated how...
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