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		<title>What the World Bank Does Not Understand About “Doing Business”</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/04/22/what-the-world-bank-does-not-understand-about-doing-business/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-the-world-bank-does-not-understand-about-doing-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its 10-year history, the World Bank’s Doing Business Report has achieved enormous influence. The annual study, one of the flagship knowledge products of the World Bank, is the leading tool to judge the business environments of developing countries, generating &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/04/22/what-the-world-bank-does-not-understand-about-doing-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political Culture – Deeply Entrenched, But Not Impossible to Change</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/03/30/political-culture-deeply-entrenched-but-not-impossible-to-change/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=political-culture-deeply-entrenched-but-not-impossible-to-change</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his landmark study of the civic traditions of Italy, Robert Putnam showed how differences in the norms and patterns of behavior that drove societies in northern and southern Italy had profound influence on development outcomes, governance, innovation, and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/03/30/political-culture-deeply-entrenched-but-not-impossible-to-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Organizations and Economic Development – An Essential But Unappreciated Linkage</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/03/03/organizations-and-economic-development-an-essential-but-unappreciated-linkage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=organizations-and-economic-development-an-essential-but-unappreciated-linkage</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ability to nurture and manage a wide variety of large-scale organizations is essential to any country’s ability to promote economic development. In fact, in some ways economic development is simply a product of a society’s growing capacity to create &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/03/03/organizations-and-economic-development-an-essential-but-unappreciated-linkage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/01/29/what-the-oecd-does-not-understand-about-fragile-states/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-the-oecd-does-not-understand-about-fragile-states</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and its International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) do an admirable job bringing together policymakers, collecting and synthesizing information, and helping set the agenda for donors. But, &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/01/29/what-the-oecd-does-not-understand-about-fragile-states/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social Covenants: The Missing Ingredient in State Building Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/01/16/social-covenants-the-missing-ingredient-in-state-building-efforts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=social-covenants-the-missing-ingredient-in-state-building-efforts</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political theorists have for the most part focused on the state when thinking about how to make countries work better for their populations. This has naturally led to a concern with state-society relations, how governments are chosen and run, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/01/16/social-covenants-the-missing-ingredient-in-state-building-efforts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discordant Development – Progress That Increases Instability</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/01/08/discordant-development-progress-that-increases-instability/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=discordant-development-progress-that-increases-instability</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samuel Huntington argued in his 1968 classic Political Order in Changing Societies that rapid development could be highly destabilizing: Social and economic change—urbanization, increase in literacy and education, industrialization, mass media expansion—extend political consciousness, multiply political demands, broaden political participation. &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2013/01/08/discordant-development-progress-that-increases-instability/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Multidimensional Approach to Resolving Conflict: The Eastern DRC</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/12/25/a-multidimensional-approach-to-resolving-conflict-the-eastern-drc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-multidimensional-approach-to-resolving-conflict-the-eastern-drc</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems that have been intractable for decades are very likely the product of many different issues that intertwine with each other in a way that makes attempts to fix things highly problematic. Simple solutions &#8212; changing a person, introducing a &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/12/25/a-multidimensional-approach-to-resolving-conflict-the-eastern-drc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Fragile States Really Failing to Meet the MDGs?</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/12/09/are-fragile-states-really-failing-to-meet-the-mdgs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=are-fragile-states-really-failing-to-meet-the-mdgs</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ODI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Harvey, Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium Almost whenever you read anything about fragile states, the introduction notes that, ‘no low-income fragile or conflict-affected country has yet to achieve a single United Nations Millennium Development Goal&#8217;. This is a quote from &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/12/09/are-fragile-states-really-failing-to-meet-the-mdgs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bahrain: The Three Conflicts Shaping the Broader Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/12/06/bahrain-the-three-conflicts-shaping-the-broader-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bahrain-the-three-conflicts-shaping-the-broader-crisis</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fragilestates.org/?p=2325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Justin Gengler, who recently completed his PhD dissertation on Bahrain, presented a keen analysis of the social and political dynamics driving the conflict in the country during a presentation at the Brookings Institute in Doha at the end of November. &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/12/06/bahrain-the-three-conflicts-shaping-the-broader-crisis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Causes of Revolution: The Role of Youth and other Social Factors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University The below are excerpts from an article originally appearing in World Politics Review. The conditions for revolt or revolution to spread throughout society are reasonably well established: First, the national government must be &#8230; <a href="http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/11/25/causes-of-revolution-the-role-of-youth-and-other-social-factors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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