Varieties of fragility: implications for aid

Aid to fragile states is a major topic for international development. This article explores how unpacking fragility and studying its dimensions and forms can help to develop policy-relevant understandings of how states become more resilient and the role of aid therein. It highlights the particular c...

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Published inThird world quarterly Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 1269 - 1280
Main Author Gisselquist, Rachel M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 03.07.2015
Routledge Journals
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
aid effectiveness
country ownership
Cross-national analysis
Economic development
Foreign aid
Foreign policy
fragile states
fragility
International relations
Legitimacy
local context
Ownership
State
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Summary:Aid to fragile states is a major topic for international development. This article explores how unpacking fragility and studying its dimensions and forms can help to develop policy-relevant understandings of how states become more resilient and the role of aid therein. It highlights the particular challenges for donors in dealing with chronically fragile states and those with weak legitimacy, as well as how unpacking fragility can provide traction on how to take 'local context' into account. It draws in particular on the contributions to this special issue to provide examples from new analysis of particular fragile state transitions and cross-national perspectives.
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ISSN:0143-6597
1360-2241
DOI:10.1080/01436597.2015.1041104