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Publication - Policy Brief
Priorities for renewable energy investment in fragile states
State fragility is strongly linked to prevalent climate hazards and poor energy access. Conflict, poverty, and poor governance increase countries’ vulnerability to climate change threats, while access to electricity – especially renewable – is lowest in fragile settings. Four key factors make the scaling of renewable energy investment in fragile and...
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Publication - Policy Brief
R&D, Manufacturing and Delivery of Vaccines: A Global Deal in the Fight Against COVID-19
Given the massive uncertainty surrounding how COVID-19 will play out in terms of health outcomes as well as economic and social outcomes, policymaking is as hard as it can possibly be. Measures that are sensible at the time they are taken may prove highly costly and ineffective in retrospect. No-regret policies are those that are worth doing now regardless of which...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Smart containment: How low-income countries can tailor their COVID-19 response
Low-income countries will have a much harder time putting their economies in a “medically induced coma” in response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). They are home to many of the extreme poor, who, for the most part, have no option but to live in overcrowded conditions with limited access to clean water and sanitation. They work in the informal sector, often for a...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Social protection in fragile states
Despite various challenges, social protection is more important than ever right now for fragile countries that already house a large share of the world’s poor. The World Bank is estimating that the COVID-19 crisis has the potential to push about 40-60 million more people into extreme poverty, erasing decades of anti-poverty efforts. The World Bank has documented that...
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Publication - Evidence Paper
Identity, norms, narratives, and state bureaucracy: Evidence from tax administration in Afghanistan
The effectiveness and legitimacy of a public organisation may depend to a large degree not only on institutional arrangement but also on the behaviour of actors within institutions and the interactions between the two. This paper argues that beliefs, in the form of identity, norms, and narratives, significantly affect bureaucratic effectiveness. They can have various...
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Publication - Project Report
The relationship between influential actors’ language and violence: A Kenyan case study using artificial intelligence
This background study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Publication - Country study
Mozambique’s private sector in the context of conflict
This case study examines the conflict dynamics in post-independence Mozambique, and how the private sector has developed in response to both conflict and peace.
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Publication - Country study
State fragility in Somaliland and Somalia: A contrast in peace and state building
This country study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Sortir du piège de la fragilité
Les Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) ciblent l’éradication de l’extrême pauvreté d’ici à 2030. Pour autant, alors que les deux tiers du chemin restent à parcourir, près de 900 millions de personnes vivent encore avec moins de deux dollars par jour et, dans les pays les plus pauvres du monde, les progrès sont au point mort. On appelle...
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Publication - Country study
A multidimensional approach to restoring state legitimacy in Yemen
This background study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.