Fragile States and Development Policy

Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson ()

STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series from Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

Abstract: It is widely recognized that fragile states are key symptoms of under-development in many parts of the world. Such states are incapable of delivering basic services to their citizens and political violence is commonplace. As of yet, mainstream development economics has not dealt in any systematic way with such concerns and the implications for development assistance. This paper puts forward a frame-work for analyzing fragile states and applies it to a variety of development policies in different types of states.9076:

Keywords: state fragility; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-lam, nep-ltv and nep-pol
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Journal Article: FRAGILE STATES AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY (2011)
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