Managing Risks in Fragile and Transitional Contexts

Managing Risks in Fragile and Transitional Contexts

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13:

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From the anarchy of Somalia to the relative stability of Nepal, fragile and transitional situations represent a broad spectrum of contexts. However, they share some common features: these are risky environments - for the people who live there, for their governments, for neighbouring countries, and for those who seek to provide assistance. Positive outcomes are hard to achieve and the risk of regression in countries emerging from armed conflict is high. International engagement in these situations presents significant risks for donors and implementing partners, but also holds the potential for.


World Development Report 2011

World Development Report 2011

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2011-05-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0821384406

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The 2011 WDR on Conflict, Security and Development underlines the devastating impact of persistent conflict on a country or region's development prospects - noting that the 1.5 billion people living in conflict-affected areas are twice as likely to be in poverty. Its goal is to contribute concrete, practical suggestions on conflict and fragility.


Development Aid in Stable Democracies and Fragile States

Development Aid in Stable Democracies and Fragile States

Author: A. H. Monjurul Kabir

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-21

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3319921746

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This book is based on experience and reflections related to international support provided to parliaments and legislative bodies both in selected countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan) and globally. The author intends to provide a critique of parliamentary support, as part of development assistance or foreign aid, for having been conceived in narrow terms of technical assistance and for failing to appreciate that aid effectiveness calls for a sound understanding of a country’s politics, culture, and history. The monograph examines the effectiveness of aid in both stable democracies, and fragile and transition countries. The project is ideal for audiences interested in regional politics, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, and development/democracy studies.


International Development Organizations and Fragile States

International Development Organizations and Fragile States

Author: Marie von Engelhardt

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-14

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 3319626957

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This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective government is a basic condition for the transfer of aid, making development cooperation with ‘fragile’ nations particularly challenging. The author explores how international organizations like the World Bank have responded by adopting formal and informal rules to engage specifically with countries with weak or no governments. Von Engelhardt provides a critical analysis of the discourse on fragile states and how it has shaped the policy decision-making of international organizations. By demonstrating how perceptions of fragility can have significant consequences both in practice and in law, the work challenges conventional research that dismisses state fragility as a phenomenon beyond law. It also argues that the legal parameters for effective global policy play a crucial role, and offers a fresh approach to a topic that is central to international security and development.


Multilateral Development Finance Towards a New Pact on Multilateralism to Achieve the 2030 Agenda Together

Multilateral Development Finance Towards a New Pact on Multilateralism to Achieve the 2030 Agenda Together

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-11-29

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9264308830

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This report contributes to the broader international debate on why we need multilateralism and how to make it more effective to achieve the 2030 Agenda. At a time when the value of multilateralism is being questioned, the report provides new evidence and recommendations for a new “pact” on ...


The Development Dimension Sector Financing in the SDG Era

The Development Dimension Sector Financing in the SDG Era

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 9264307710

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are highly intertwined with sectors such as health, education, energy or agriculture. Hence, measuring official development finance (ODF) flowing to sectors is critical to designing efficient development strategies in the SDG era.