This report serves as a tool to better monitor the levels, timing and composition of resource flows to fragile states, and presents salient facts on aid flows to fragile states, the impact on fragile states of the three crises and the need for a whole-of-government response.

This publication takes stock of i) the evolution of fragility as a concept, ii) analyses of financial flows to and within fragile states between 2000 and 2010, and iii) trends and issues that are likely to shape fragility in the years to come.

Based on stakeholder consultations and supported by data, this report reviews the implementation of the Fragile States Principles in Timor-Leste, and identifies priority areas to improve the impact of international engagement.

Based on stakeholder consultations and supported by data, this report reviews the implementation of the Fragile States Principles two years after endorsement, and identifies priority areas to improve the impact of international engagement.

This report looks at ways in which the implementation of the Fragile States Principles does and does not work, based on evidence from the ground across six countries – Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste.

Contests to reorganize the international system after the Cold War agree on the security threat of failed states: this book asks why.

Based on stakeholder consultations and supported by data, this report reviews the implementation of the Fragile States Principles in Afghanistan, and identifies priority areas to improve the impact of international engagement.

Based on stakeholder consultations and supported by data, this report reviews the implementation of the Fragile States Principles in Sierra Leone, and identifies priority areas to improve the impact of international engagement.

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 population, have been affected by violence. The number of violent conflicts is decreasing, but conflicts are killing more people: ...

More than one-third of Official Development Assistance is spent annually on fragile and conflict-affected countries. Nonetheless, aid does not always flow promptly and effectively to where it is most needed, especially in countries recovering from ...