This book provides theoretical clarity about the concepts of failed and fragile states, which
have emerged strongly since the 9/11 attacks. Recent contributions often see the fragile …

The Fragile States Monitoring and Assessment Project is a research endeavour of Country
Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP), undertaken with support from the Government of …

This report for JICA outlines the fragile states (FS) agenda as it relates to international
development and aid. 1 The agenda emerged during the 1990s, growing rapidly in the new …

Capacity building in fragile and post‐conflict situations is specially challenging for policy
makers in that it represents a situation that needs to be carefully managed. Understanding …

Abstract" Social conflict is inevitable, every change throws up new conflicts, and the mark of
successful societies is their management of such conflicts rather than the lack of …

Using the case study approach, qualitative evidence from the Provincial Reconstruction
Team (PRT) in Kandahar, Afghanistan will be evaluated in an attempt to assess the impact …

Background information on why state fragility is important for all countries not just African
countries in recent times. Focus on the definition of fragility in view of the huge literature that …

Failed states are usually defined as those that are unable effectively to control their territory
and comply with their international obligations. As such, they often pose a threat to their own …

There has been a growing understanding in recent years of the links between conflict
emergence and horizontal inequalities and increased focus on the role which development …

Since the emergence of contemporary area classifications, population geography has
witnessed a renaissance in the area of policy related spatial analysis. Area classifications …