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State Fragility and Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa Indicators and Interventions

236 Pages

by Routledge

234 Pages

by Routledge

234 Pages

by Routledge

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This book focuses on the indicators of fragility and the resilience of state-led interventions to address them in sub-Saharan Africa. It analyzes the ‘figure’ of fragile states as the unit the analysis and situates the study of fragility, governance and political adaptation within contemporary global and local political, economic and socio-cultural contexts. The chapters offer an... Read more

1. Introduction; Part 1 Statehood and conflicts: contextual indicators and interventions; 2. Conceptualising the state, state fragility and resilience in the political economy of sub-Saharan Africa; 3. Frames of impact: the contexts and correlates of armed conflicts on state fragility; 4. Behavioural language frames, conflict de-escalation words, and battle-related deaths: a panel estimation of peace accords across zones of conflict;Part 2 Child labor: thematic indicators and interventions; 5. Child labor, poverty and fragility; 6. Regional and country-level interventions to end child labor; Part 3 Food (in)security: contextual indicators and interventions; 7. The Ebola pandemic and household food insecurity; 8. Institutional interventions in the advancement of food security and health; 9. Conclusion