Fixing Failed States addresses one of the central issues of our times: the proliferation of failed states across the world and our inability to stabilize them. There are between forty and sixty failed states, and they house one billion people. The world's worst problems - terrorism, drug and human trafficking, absolute poverty, ethnic conflict, disease, genocide - originate in such states, and the international community has devoted billions upon billions of dollars to solving the problem. Yet by and large, the effort has failed. The authors explain the failure stems in part from an outmoded vision of the state system based on the framers of the post-World War II order's vision: relatively independent, unified states that control markets and rely on authoritarianism when necessary. The world we actually live in is far different. Identities and loyalties don't necessarily correspond to traditional nation-states, and nations are far less autonomous than in the past. The task at hand, they argue, is to develop novel strategies informed by the realities of our fully globalized world. International institutions, therefore, should prioritize fostering mutually reinforcing bonds between states, civil societies, and markets. The book is divided into three parts - a diagnosis of the problem, a structure for dealing with it, and a discussion of examples of the new processes at work. Throughout, their own experiences in failed states ranging from Afghanistan to Nepal vividly illustrate the nature of the crisis and what we can do to to effectively improve matters. The book's uniqueness lies in its essential optimism - an optimism that the authors have earned through their own substantial real-world efforts and their acknowledged expertise on the subject. With Fixing Failed States, Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart provide a framework for facing one of the most troublesome issues facing the international community.
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Original and thoughtful book. (Financial Times. )
Everything that this book advocates makes sense. (Max Hastings, Sunday Times. )
Everything that this book advocates makes sense. (Max Hastings, Sunday Times. )
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Ashraf Ghani played a central role in the design and implementation of the post-Taliban settlement in Afghanistan, serving as UN adviser to the Bonn process and as Finance Minister during Afghanistan's Transitional Administration. He has worked at the World Bank and taught at Johns Hopkins and Berkeley universities. He has been nominated for the job of Secretary General of the United Nations and considered for the job of President of the World Bank. He chairs the Institute for State Effectiveness. Clare Lockhart is co-founder and director of the Institute for State Effectiveness, established in 2007 to advise leaders on transformation of countries from instability to stability. From 2001 to 2005, she lived and worked in Afghanistan, first as a member of the UN negotiation team and then advising the Afghan Government, leading design of several national initiatives. She now advises leaders on a range of countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. She was educated at Oxford, Harvard and is a member of the Bar of England and Wales.
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By M. Asim Ayub
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The author based on his experience reveals the important aspects necessary for the development of a fractured state. This book also explains the failures of the international community in establishing functioning states in post conflict societies such as Kosovo, Afghanistan etc. Highly recommended.
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This book will echo down the ages for its subject coverage, clarity and good judgement. Not only nation states but all levels of community organisation and health can benefit from the teaching here. In these days of financial recession all can learn from 'Fixing Failed States' about what can be avoided and what can be changed in communities. Every Vicar should be given a copy. Terry
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I have read many books on international development and this is by far the worst. It reads like the ramblings of an old professor. There is no real structure to the book which means that the few good points in it are lost amongst the blocks of endless text. This is one of the only book I had to give up on but it is so poorly written and all over the place and couldn't carry on.
I appear in the minority as the other two reviews sing its praises, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone especailly with the plethora of great development books out there
I appear in the minority as the other two reviews sing its praises, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone especailly with the plethora of great development books out there
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