Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach

Download or read book Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) and small island developing states (SIDS) approach-or FSA-represents a new way of doing business for ADB's most vulnerable developing member countries. As this paper explains, the FSA introduces flexible processes and procedures that will allow ADB to tailor interventions to the specific challenges of developing member countries, with the goal of improving project results, and ultimately improving livelihoods. FCAS and SIDS face unique development challenges such as a greater need for governance and institutional capacity building, geographic isolation, small populations, narrow asset bases, and armed conflict.