Societal Dynamics & Fragility : Engaging Societies in Responding to Fragile Situations
Extreme fragile situations are now home to at least a quarter of the worlds people. In the worst cases, where fragility has given way to open violence - people are more than twice as likely to be malnourished, more than three times as likely to be...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/765761468157785881/Societal-dynamics-and-fragility-engaging-societies-in-responding-to-fragile-situations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27226 |
| Summary: | Extreme fragile situations are now home
to at least a quarter of the worlds people. In the worst
cases, where fragility has given way to open violence -
people are more than twice as likely to be malnourished,
more than three times as likely to be unable to send their
children to school, twice as likely to see their children
die before age five, and more than twice as likely to lack
clean water. It is unsurprising that not a single low-income
country in these circumstances has been able to achieve even
one Millennium Development Goal (World Bank 2011). In
addition, many fragile situations generate spillover effects
such as trafficking in illegal goods and persons, and
corruption, which threaten the stability of neighboring
countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, or OECD 2005, 2010). This study views fragility
as not only a problem of state capacity, but also of
relationships in society. That is, while some elements of
fragility emanate from the state, others are deeply rooted
in societal dynamics, the way individuals and groups
interact and the relationships that form out of these interactions. |
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