Fragility Conflict and Violence

For Conflict-Affected Countries, MDG Challenge 'Daunting'

Over at the Bank's Conflict and Development blog, Nicholas Van Praag, Communications Manager for the 2011 World Development Report,  shares his thoughts on the insidious impact of violence on…

Julia Ross|
Fragility Conflict and Violence

MDG Summit: Day 1 Wrap-Up

MDG Summit participants were off and running yesterday, speaking, blogging, Tweeting and texting from the main U.N. campus and at several marquee side events nearby. A high-level “Education for…

Julia Ross|
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Education, Environment

Wax, gold and accountability in Ethiopia

The exchange between Helen Epstein and my colleague Ken Ohashi about the role of aid donors in “subsidizing” what Epstein calls a politically repressive regime highlights the difficulty in linking…

Shanta Devarajan|
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Governance, Poverty, Digital Development

Varieties of African successes

Tolstoy notwithstanding, the 20 African success stories described in the booklet “Yes, Africa Can” show that success comes in many different forms.  Broadly speaking, the cases fall into three…

Shanta Devarajan|
Agriculture and Food, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Education, Energy, Environment

“Whatever we lost we will regain” – The North Revives After Conflict in Sri Lanka

28 year old mum Sewdini with Kuveneshi. The future is theirs. Photograph © Chulie de Silva They come carrying babies in arms, toddlers in bicycle baskets, the disabled in wheel chairs, the old and…

Chulie De Silva|
Agriculture and Food, Jobs & Development, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Education
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Fragility Conflict and Violence