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The effectiveness of aid under post-conflict conditions : a sector-specific analysis

Donaubauer, Julian; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016

It is widely believed that foreign aid may help conflict-affected countries to recover after the settlement of conflicts. However, the available empirical evidence supporting this view largely neglects the heterogeneous nature of aid. Drawing on the conflict database of the Uppsala Conflict Data...

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Measuring insecurity-related experiences and preferences in a fragile state : a list experiment in Mali

Bertelli, Olivia; Calvo, Thomas; Lavallée, Emmanuelle; … - 2023

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The Logic of Border Fortification in the Global South

Blair, Christopher W. - 2022

Policymakers often justify border hardening as a response to insecurity. However, evidence for security … North than in the Global South, where most border hardening has occurred. Among developing countries, two salient, security … security under the War on Terror has also spurred fortification. I find support for these hypotheses using new data on US …

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Fragile states or failing development?

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Exporting from fragile states : challenges and opportunities ; a thematic paper supporting the OECD DAC INCAF project "Global Factors Influencing the Risk of Conflict and Fragility...

Hoeffler, Anke - 2012

Although fragile states account for 15% of the global population they only contribute about 2% of exports. Trade is widely believed to be an important determinant of development. This paper analyses the challenges and opportunities faced by fragile states in their bid to diversify their...

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Bringing the citizen back in : supporting decentralisation in fragile states ; a view from Burundi

Gaynor, Niamh - In: Development policy review 32 (2014) 2, pp. 203-218

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Good development support in fragile, at-risk and crisis affected contexts

OECD - 2016

New thinking on the nature of fragility and risk shows a shift from a one-dimensional understanding of fragility towards a more holistic approach in which degrees of fragility exist on a spectrum. This approach recognises the need for collaborative, regional and global solutions to tackle the...

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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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Building statistical capacity in fragile and conflict-affected states

Medina Cas, Stephanie; Alem, Yasmin; Shirakawa, Jacinta … - 2022

Based on internal data, this paper finds that the capacity development program of the IMF's Statistics Department has prioritized technical assistance and training to fragile and conflict-affected states. These interventions have yielded only slightly weaker results in fragile states than in...

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Avoid a fall or fly again : turning points of state fragility

Akanbi, Olusegun A.; Georgiev, Nikolaj; Honda, Jiro; … - 2021

High persistence of state fragility (a fragility trap) suggests the presence of substantial benefits from avoiding a fall into fragility and considerable hurdles to successful exit from fragility. This paper empirically examines the factors that affect the turning points of entering and exiting...

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