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Escaping the fragility trap

Blog series State Fragility initiative

Conflicts can devastate and entrap economies, curtailing development. Escaping the fragility trap explores avenues from DFIs to energy access to grow economies in conflict-afflicted countries. 

Blog posts in this series

A Yemeni vendor uses a lantern to light his shop at a market in the capital Sanaa in 2015. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images.
Escaping the fragility trap

How diaspora investment can finance energy access in fragile settings

Joevas Asare
Blog
Escaping the fragility trap

How DFIs can better invest in low growth countries

Colin Buckley
Blog
Escaping the fragility trap

Scaling up development finance can bring peace in fragile countries

Rafat Al-Akhali
Blog
Escaping the fragility trap

Reinvigorating Yemen’s electricity system: Avenues for reform in the midst of war

Neil McCulloch
Blog
Escaping the fragility trap

Yemen’s most pressing problem isn’t war. It’s the economy

Rafat Al-Akhali
Blog

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