In each of the following areas, we provide an overview of the subject and list the most important external articles, reports, and books for further reference.
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Key Posts
- What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States
- Differentiating Between Fragile States and Transition Countries
- Horizontal Versus Vertical Social Cohesion: Why the Differences Matter
- City Development States: Why Lagos Works Better than Nigeria
- Inequality, Fragile States, and the New MDGs
- Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?
- Social Covenants: The Missing Ingredient in State Building Efforts
- How Ethnic Divisions Become Political Fault Lines
- Language Policy and Development: Lost in Translation
- Strengthening the Rule of Law in Developing Countries
- Is Pakistan an Emerging Market?
- Hybrid Legal Systems Work Best
- The Moral Foundations of Good Governance
- Can We Measure Politics and Political Development?
- Graduate Level Course on Fragile States
- What can Southeast Asia teach Africa about development?
- Can Foreign Aid Improve Pakistan’s Political Economy?
- Prioritization — The Easiest Way to Improve Governance
- Managing the “Fault Lines” that Plague Fragile States
- Political Settlements: Summarizing the Latest Research
- Can Informal Accountability Replace Elections?
- Why do some countries have so few NGOs?
- Where are the Development Political Scientists?
- A Multidimensional Approach to Resolving Conflict: The Eastern DRC
Popular Posts
- Syria's Ethnic and Religious Divisions
- Nigeria's Potential for Sectarian Conflict
- Understanding Libya: The Role of Ethnic and Tribal Groups in Any Political Settlement
- What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States
- Côte d’Ivoire's Ethnic, Religious, and Geographical Divisions
- India: Ten Political and Social Challenges
- West Africa: Ethnic Divisions, State Fragility, and Regional Solutions
- Somalia's Complex Clan Dynamics
- Comparing Different Theories on the Causes of Conflict
- Causes of Revolution: The Role of Youth and other Social Factors
- What the World Bank Does Not Understand About “Doing Business”
- Horizontal Versus Vertical Social Cohesion: Why the Differences Matter
- Differentiating Between Fragile States and Transition Countries
- What to Read on Somalia
- Bahrain: Analyzing Inequities Between Sunnis and Shiites
- How Myanmar (Burma)’s Ethnic Diversity Holds Back Democracy
- Best Links on Self-Declared State of Azawad in Mali
- Development: Solving Collective Action Problems
- Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?
- How Ethnic Divisions Become Political Fault Lines
Key Reports
- Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?
- Development Trajectories
- Societies, States and Citizens. A Policymaker’s Guide to the Research
- Aiding Governance in Developing Countries: Progress Amid Uncertainties
- Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict
- An Upside-down View of Governance
- Thinking and Working Politically
- Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda
- State and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
Reading
- ‘Hybrid’ governance and Africa: examining a development buzzword | African Arguments
- RCTs at local level may not work at high level. Why? Politics and Context. | Center For Global Development Blog
- Eight Questions on Community Capitalism - WSJ
- Shifting the development debate to jobs, productivity change and structural transformation | ODI
- On the report: Too Much, Too Soon? The Dilemma of Foreign Aid to Myanmar/Burma | David Roodman, CGD
- The Scary Hidden Stressor: Climate Change and the Arab Spring - Thomas Friedman
- Development Channel » Emerging Voices: Leonard Wantchekon on a Global University in West Africa
- Musa al-Gharbi: Is authoritarianism anti-democratic? - Your Middle East
- Democracy is in retreat. And there's a surprising culprit: the middle class | Joshua Kurlantzick on Foreign Policy
- Stalin's Legacy: Ethnic Time Bombs That Continue To Tick | RFERL
Stay Up-to-Date
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Recent Posts
- What the World Bank Does Not Understand About “Doing Business”
- Political Culture – Deeply Entrenched, But Not Impossible to Change
- Organizations and Economic Development – An Essential But Unappreciated Linkage
- What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States
- Social Covenants: The Missing Ingredient in State Building Efforts
- Discordant Development – Progress That Increases Instability
- A Multidimensional Approach to Resolving Conflict: The Eastern DRC
- Are Fragile States Really Failing to Meet the MDGs?
- Bahrain: The Three Conflicts Shaping the Broader Crisis
- Causes of Revolution: The Role of Youth and other Social Factors
- Prioritization — The Easiest Way to Improve Governance
- Is the Development Community’s Focus on Fighting Poverty Passé
- Development: Solving Collective Action Problems
- Social Exclusion Case Study: Pakistan
- Political Settlements: Summarizing the Latest Research
- Can We Measure Politics and Political Development?
- Can Numbers Lie? Is Africa Rapidly Urbanizing (or Not)?
- Why Do States Die? What Happens When They Cannot?
- Why Was Jerry Rawlings Different?
- Can Foreign Aid Improve Pakistan’s Political Economy?
- Graduate Level Course on Fragile States
- Somalia’s 20-Year Experiment in Hybrid Governance
- Where are the Development Political Scientists?
- How Do States Learn?
- Can Informal Accountability Replace Elections?
Maps
- Côte d’Ivoire’s Ethnic, Religious, and Geographical Divisions
- Middle Eastern Religious Identities
- Bahrain: Analyzing Inequities Between Sunnis and Shiites
- West Africa: Ethnic Divisions, State Fragility, and Regional Solutions
- How Myanmar (Burma)’s Ethnic Diversity Holds Back Democracy
- Best Links on Self-Declared State of Azawad in Mali
- Understanding Libya: The Role of Ethnic and Tribal Groups in Any Political Settlement
- Syria’s Ethnic and Religious Divisions
- Is the Map of the Middle East About to Change?
- Nigeria’s Potential for Sectarian Conflict
- Bolivia: Building Representative Institutions in a Divided Country
Categories
Subjects
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- Africa is a Country
- Africa Unchained
- Aid Thoughts
- Center for Global Development
- Democracy in Africa
- Ed Husain: The Arab Street
- Elites, Production, and Poverty
- Evan Lieberman
- Fixing Fragile States
- Foreign Policy — Eurasia Group
- Freedom House
- Global Dashboard
- Kaufmann Governance Post
- Next Billion
- Overseas Development Institute
- Owen Abroad
- Oxfam’s From Poverty to Power
- Poverty News
- Texas in Africa
- The Guardian's Poverty Matters
- Word Bank — Governance
- Zambian Economist
Institution Links
- Africa Power and Politics
- Brookings — Global Poverty
- Center for Global Development
- Centre for the Future State
- Elites, Production, and Poverty
- GSDRC: Fragile States
- Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth
- New York University — DRI
- OECD – Conflict and Fragility
- Overseas Development Institute
- Religion and Development
- SID — Netherlands
- Tracking Development
- United States Institute of Peace
About the Fragile States Resource Center
The Fragile States Resource Center explores governance, development, and state building, bringing together authors who work on these issues in think tanks, government, academia, and the media. It was set up and is edited by Seth Kaplan. The Center encourages debate and feedback — through comments on recent posts or by email.RSS Feed
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