Introduction -- PART I: DRIVERS OF STATE FRAGILITY -- Chapter 1: State fragility (SF) and human development -- Chapter 2: National constitutions as a source of state fragility -- Chapter 3: Institutions and state fragility -- PART 2: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BREAKING OUT OF FRAGILITY -- Chapter 4:...

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