Fragility Conflict and Violence

Six non-obvious points about conflict, security and development

Launched today, the 2011 World Development Report is on “Conflict, Security and Development.”  In making a presentation on its relevance to Africa to my World Bank colleagues, I counted six…

Shanta Devarajan|
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Poverty

Bread, freedom and the WDR 2011 on Conflict, Security and Development

Which comes first in the wake of revolution, bread or freedom? A Reuters reporter asked about this during the embargoed press briefing last Friday to launch the World Development Report 2011:…

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl|
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Agriculture and Food, Governance, Jobs & Development

'Food First’: Bank Spring Meetings address food crisis, conflict, corruption

Today we begin blog coverage of the 2011 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, set for April 15-17. Though we’re two weeks out, activities around the meetings’ key themes—food insecurity and food price…

Julia Ross|
Agriculture and Food, Fragility Conflict and Violence

Economic Policy in Africa’s Youngest Country

UPDATE: Here is a copy of an interview I gave to Otieno Ogeda, from the Pioneer newspaper in Juba. --------------------------------- I felt truly privileged to participate in a workshop in Juba on…

Shanta Devarajan|
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Poverty

The problems that won't go away when the government falls

This Arab Voices and Views Conference brings together a group of outstanding activists, academics, scholars and experts from around the Middle East & North Africa, is very significant, in that…

Fragility Conflict and Violence, Jobs & Development, Social Protection
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Fragility Conflict and Violence