New Approaches to Identifying State Fragility

• Published in: Journal of globalization and development Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 379 - 388
• Main Authors: Milante, Gary, Woolcock, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2017; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: Assessments; Changes; Economic policy; Economic theory; Fragility; Globalization; institutional assessments; performance trajectories; State fragility; Trajectory analysis; Upper bounds; Violent deaths

We offer an alternative approach to the identification of state fragility – and in turn an alternative foundation for fragility assessment. Current practice relies almost exclusively on a single aggregate metric updated annually, uninformed by change or rate of change in the metrics. Our alternative...