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dc.contributor.authorWimpelmann, Torunn
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-19T11:26:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:12:29Z
dc.date.available2008-02-19T11:26:35Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:12:29Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.isbn82-8062-185-7
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2435845
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, a consensus appears to have emerged that a variety of problems can be understood in terms of state failure. This paper reviews one aspect of this trend, the concept of fragile states that has recently been adopted by development agencies. The term is used by donors to refer to states that are failing to adopt policies and institutions believed necessary for development. According to donors, not only does such failure affect development outcomes, fragile states are also associated with violent conflicts and related security threats. The paper argues the fragile state concept must be critically reconsidered on both accounts. First, whether the concept can be said to capture the dynamics and policies associated with so-called developmental states is doubtful. Second, equating a states ability to promote development with its capacity to prevent and reduce violent conflict, while a drawing upon a common conflation within the so-called securitydevelopment nexus, is not supported by historical evidence.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 2006: 21
dc.subjectFragile states
dc.subjectPeace building
dc.subjectAid policy
dc.titleThe Aid Agencies and the Fragile States Agenda
dc.typeWorking paper


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