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Tag - Fragile states

Children in a camp for internally displaced persons in northern Afghanistan (Eric Kanalstein-UN-Flickr)

State fragility: case studies and comparisons

by Nematullah Bizhan
29 September 2022
Man in Goroka PNG

A response to ‘failed state’ narratives of PNG

by Kylie McKenna, Senala Morona and Cooniebhert Samgay
23 June 2021
Is PNG a fragile state?

Is PNG a fragile state?

by Nematullah Bizhan and Emmanuel Gorea
16 February 2021

DP88 A weak state and strong microsocieties in Papua New Guinea

by Nematullah Bizhan and Emmanuel Gorea
Oct, 2020
Daily Life in Herat, Afghanistan (Credit: United Nations Photo/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Fragile states need support to fight COVID-19

by Nematullah Bizhan
19 May 2020
Credit: IPA

IPA and impact evaluation in fragile states

by Chris Hoy and Ricardo Morel
23 April 2019

DP72 Pushing on a string? Public financial management reform and institutional transmission mechanisms in fragile states

by Tobias Akhtar Haque
Sep, 2018
US soldiers and bulldozers clear and improve Route Agha in Afghanistan (Arctic Wolves/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

Do ‘good practice’ PFM systems lead to better outcomes in fragile states?

by Tobias Haque
25 September 2018
Royal marines board a helicopter (Think Defence/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Aid and state-building

by Nematullah Bizhan
3 September 2018
Screenshot from a video advertising the report

Cameron and Collier on fragile states: anything new?

by Saku Akmeemana and Tobias Haque
18 June 2018
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