States of Fragility 2020 sets a policy agenda for fragility at a critical turning point: the final countdown on Agenda 2030 is at hand, and the pandemic has rev

Three years into the 2030 Agenda it is already apparent that those living in fragile contexts are the furthest behind. Not all forms of fragility make it to the

When are developing countries able to initiate periods of rapid growth and why have so few been able to sustain growth over decades? This book provides a novel

"... Explores the connections between fragile statehood and violent conflict, and analyses the limitations of outside intervention from international society."-

The world is getting more violent, and violence is occurring in surprising places. Over the past 15 years, 3.34 billion people, or almost half of the world’s