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WORKING PAPERS
November 12, 2007
The recent creation of AFRICOM, a U.S. military command for Africa, is but one manifestation of the Pentagon's growing role in development. One-in-five dollars that the U.S. spends on development assistance is now handled by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Pentagon share of U.S. development ...
Jul
11
2007
2:00—3:30 PM
July 09, 2007
What do we know about government approaches to fragile states? Are the US and other nations designing realistic approaches to "whole of government" efforts to integrate their actions? What kinds of resources
are required for this approach? Fragile states represent both the hard core of today's glob...
BRIEFS
June 25, 2007
Fragile states--countries defined by poverty, weak governance and often violent conflict--represent a major development challenge for today's global aid community and a significant threat to global security. This CGD Brief offers recommendations for how donors can best engage weak countries, includi...
BOOKS
June 15, 2007
Experience shows that outside efforts to help reform or reconstruct fragile states must simultaneously address issues of security, governance, and economic growth. Greater than the Sum of Its Parts? looks at how seven governments—the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France,...
May
4
2007
1:30—2:30 PM
May 02, 2007
This briefing is the first of a four-part series focusing on how Congress can help the U.S. build a diverse foreign policy toolkit capable of preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflict and civil strife. According to the 9/11 Commission Report, "long-term success demands the use of all e...