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Event
IMF Forum on Economic Policy Priorities in Sierra Leone
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance and Economic Development invited the IGC to contribute in a High-Level Forum on Economic Policy Priorities in Freetown. The purpose of the forum was to discuss economic policy priorities with the newly elected President Maada Bio by taking stock of recent economic developments and identify policy...
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Person
Brian Ganson
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Publication - Country study
Consolidating peace and legitimacy in Rwanda
This country study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Person
William Jones
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News Item
New approach needed for countries caught in ‘fragility trap’, says Commission chaired by former UK Prime Minister
Greater attention should be paid to delivering basic security and jobs in states affected by conflict and instability, according to a new report from the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, chaired by former UK Prime Minister David Cameron and co-chaired by Dr Donald Kaberuka, former President of the African Development Bank, and Dr Adnan Khan,...
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Escaping the fragility trap
Cutting extreme poverty in half is one of the greatest achievements of the last three decades. However, there is much more to do. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the mission to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. Yet nearly a third of the way towards that deadline, almost 900 million people are still living on less than two dollars a day and, in too many of the...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Escaping the fragility trap
By 2030, half of the world's poor will live in fragile states. The LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development says a new approach is needed for countries caught in the ‘fragility trap'.
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Fragility in the data
This background study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Publication - Miscellaneous
A legitimacy chain approach to security sector reform: Working for citizens and states
This background study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Person
Monica Duffy Toft
Monica Duffy Toft is Professor of International Politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; Director of the Center for Strategic Studies; Faculty Associate of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; and Global Scholar of the Peace Research Institute, Oslo.