Fragile States and Development Policy

It is widely recognized that fragile states are key symptoms of under-development in many parts of the world. Such states are incapable of delivering basic services to their citizens and political violence is commonplace. As of yet, mainstream development economics has not dealt in any systematic way with such concerns and the implications for development assistance. This paper puts forward a frame-work for analyzing fragile states and applies it to a variety of development policies in different types of states.9076:

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Year of publication:	2011-01
Authors:	Besley, Timothy ; Persson, Torsten
Institutions:	Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
Subject:	state fragility \| development

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	P45 - International Trade, Finance, Investment, and Aid
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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