Fragile states pose major development and security challenges. Considerable international resources are therefore devoted to state-building and institutional st

The relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and the effects of aid on weak states depend on donors’ interests, aid modalities and the re

Aid agencies increasingly consider anti-corruption activities important for economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries. In the first maj

Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries a

This book describes the contrast between the strong economic growth and democratization that have occurred in Africa and its stalling political progress. It pre