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State Fragility and International Development Cooperation

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  • Balázs Szent-Iványi

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Over the past few years addressing state fragility in the third world has become an important priority in international development cooperation. However, it seems that the international donor community has so far not been able to develop adequate instruments for dealing with the problems posed by state failure.

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  • Balázs Szent-Iványi, 2007. "State Fragility and International Development Cooperation," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2007-29, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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