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  1. Engaging with fragile and conflict-affected states
    an alternative approach to theory, measurement and practice
    Author: Woolcock, Michael
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Harvard Univ., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Mass.

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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: Faculty research working paper series / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University ; 14-038
    Subjects: conflict; fragile states; institutional change; measurement; security
    Scope: Online-Ressource (19 S.)
  2. Engaging with fragile and conflict-affected states
    an alternative approach to theory, measurement and practice
    Author: Woolcock, Michael
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  WIDER, Helsinki

    The coherence and effectiveness of engagement with the world's 'fragile and conflictaffected states' - beyond ethical imperatives and geo-strategic considerations - turns on answers to two vexing questions. First, on what defensible basis is any... more

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    The coherence and effectiveness of engagement with the world's 'fragile and conflictaffected states' - beyond ethical imperatives and geo-strategic considerations - turns on answers to two vexing questions. First, on what defensible basis is any given country, at any given historical moment, deemed to be (or not to be) 'fragile'? Second, if a defining characteristic of state fragility is low levels of capability to implement core responsibilities, how can international agencies best support domestic public organizations to acquire capability? The first issue may appear to be a methodological one (wherein more and better data would provide a firmer empirical foundation on which to base key decisions) but any determination, especially of marginal cases, must also be grounded in a correspondingly comprehensive theory of change. Similarly, the optimal response to the second issue may appear to be importing technical and rigorously verified ('best practice') solutions, but in fact it is more likely to require a qualitatively different strategy, one able to experiment with alternative design specifications and adapt in real time to changing contextual realities (thereby iterating towards customized 'best fit' solutions). To this end, an alternative approach to the theory, measurement and practice of engaging with fragile states is outlined, in the spirit of rising concerns across the development community that prevailing strategies have demonstrably reached the limits of their effectiveness.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    Series: Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research ; 2014/097
    Subjects: conflict; fragile states; institutional change; measurement; security
    Scope: Online-Ressource (16 S.), graph. Darst.