OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers

ISSN :
2222-0518 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/22220518
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OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers cover work on understanding aid flows, strengthening aid delivery and improving development policy. Topics include, among others, aid statistics and architecture, aid effectiveness, capacity development, development co-operation systems and management, evaluation of development programmes, as well as the relationship between development and trade, conflict and fragility, environment, gender equality, governance and poverty reduction.
 
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  N° 1   04 Apr 2011 Training and Beyond: Seeking Better Practices for Capacity Development
Jenny Pearson
This paper is the result of a joint effort of OECD/DAC and LenCD to assemble the critical messages about training and learning that are emerging from the current international scrutiny of training and capacity development. It synthesises current wisdom on the topic, and offers a sense of...
  N° 6   01 Oct 2012 From Spoilers to Statebuilders: Constructive Approaches to Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups in Fragile States
Sukanya Podder
The global policy discourse and the war on terror tend to ignore the wide variety of roles and agendas of non-state armed groups (NSAGs), viewing them primarily as threats to security, negative for peace and as important spoilers that can undermine successful peace building. They tend to be...
  N° 5   01 Oct 2012 Transnational Organised Crime and Fragile States
Paula Miraglia, Rolando Ochoa, Ivan Briscoe
Transnational organised crime (TOC) refers to a fluid and diversified industry that engages in illicit activities ranging from drug and human trafficking to drug smuggling, piracy and money laundering. Although it may affect strong states, conflict-affected and fragile states are especially...
  N° 4   01 Oct 2012 Exporting from Fragile States
Anke Hoeffler
Although fragile states account for 15% of the global population they only contribute about 2% of exports. Trade is widely believed to be an important determinant of development. This paper analyses the challenges and opportunities faced by fragile states in their bid to diversify their...
  N° 3   01 Oct 2012 International Markets for Security and Military Assistance
Roy Isbister, Tom Donnelly
The end of the Cold War, globalisation, and the new global security paradigm following the 9/11 attacks have seen a rapid increase in arms production and producers across different geographic regions, as well as the growth of private security enterprises in areas that were previously primarily...
  N° 2   01 Oct 2012 Growth, Aid and Policies in Countries Recovering from War
Anke Hoeffler
What happens to countries after civil war or other conflict comes to an end? This paper shows that post-war economies can experience a peace dividend involving higher than average growth rates, and that aid can increase this dividend. Since post-war countries face the twin challenges of...
  N° 8   01 Dec 2012 The Power of Radical Islamist Ideas in Fragile States in Parts of Sub-Saharan Africa
Abdelkérim Ousman
In parts of sub-Saharan Africa, radical Islamists are targeting fragile and conflict-affected states and encouraging the formation of groups which act against the state (either violently or subversively). These processes exacerbate existing fragility and increase conflicts among communities in...
  N° 7   01 Dec 2012 Building a "Fragile Consensus": Liberalisation and State Fragility
Peter Middlebrook
This research paper seeks to answer three central questions: (i) how can different forms of liberalisation be classified; (ii) how have liberalisation policies and measures affected conflict-affected and fragile states; and (iii) what are the essential institutional governance pre-conditions to...
  N° 9   01 Jan 2013 Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire? Migration from Fragile States to Fragile States
Anke Hoeffler
Fragile states contributed 18 million migrants and 8 million refugees in 2000. More than 20% of these migrants and more than half of the refugees settle in other fragile states. Thus, migration is likely to be both a consequence and a possible cause of conflict and fragility. This paper asks...
  N° 10   01 Feb 2013 The Challenges of Supporting Effective Security and Justice Development Programming
Nicole Ball, Luc van de Goor
Early 2010, the DAC International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) Task Team on Peacebuilding, Statebuilding and Security commissioned an analysis of the critical impediments to effective donor engagement in the area of security and justice development in conflict-affected and fragile...
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