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Education from the Bottom Up: UNICEF’s Education Programme in SomaliaThe failure of the Somali state from 1993 to 2012 represents one of the world’s most profound and prolonged cases of state collapse. Initially, education and other government services came to a standstill...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsSeminar
Fragile states: Causes, costs, and responsesOvercoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st century. Many fragile states have turned into failed states, where millions of people are caught in deprivation and seemingly hopeless...
Seminar
Fragile states: Causes, costs, and responsesPresenter Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, UNCTAD Chair Gordon Alexander, UNICEF Office of Research Discussant Gerárd Roland, University of California Overcoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of...
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The Political Economy of Fragile StatesFragile states have very mixed characteristics. Some are experiencing violent conflict, some are ‘post-conflict’, some have avoided large-scale violence–so far. Many are resource poor, but some are resource rich...
Conflict management Failed states International relationsBook Chapter
Resources, Conflict, and State Fragility: Iraq and SomaliaFrom the book: Fragile States
Democratization Failed states Natural resourcesBook Chapter
The Cost of Failing States and the Limits to SovereigntyFrom the book: Fragile States
Economic development Failed states PovertyBook Chapter
Fragile States: An OverviewFrom the book: Fragile States
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentJournal Article
International Trade and Manufacturing Employment: Is India following the Footsteps of Asia or Africa?Part of Journal Special Issue FDI, Employment, and Growth in China and India
Failed states International trade Labour demandBook Chapter
Vulnerability, Poverty and Coping in ZimbabweFrom the book: Vulnerability in Developing Countries
Failed states Local history LabourWorking Paper
International Trade and Manufacturing Employment Outcomes in India: A Comparative StudyThe Indian economy has observed significant trade reforms since the mid 1980s, and the Indian manufacturing sector has rapidly increased its integration with the world economy...
Failed states International trade Labour demandWorking Paper
Vulnerability, Poverty and Coping in ZimbabweThis paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe—one peri-urban, one urban and one rural—to provide a window on current processes of impoverishment and adverse coping...
Failed states Local history LabourBook Chapter
Cambodia: Genocide, Autocracy, and the Overpoliticized StateFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Failed states Natural disasters Social conflictBook Chapter
Weak States and Humanitarian Emergencies: Failure, Predation, and Rent-SeekingFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Failed states Social conflictBook Chapter
Liberia and Sierra Leone: The Competition for Patronage in Resource-Rich EconomiesFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Failed states Natural resources Economic powerWorking Paper
Humanitarian Emergencies and Warlord Economies in Liberia and Sierra LeoneThis paper explains correlations between humanitarian emergencies and political economies of 'failing states' in Liberia and Sierra Leone...
Failed states Natural resources Economic power