State fragility: Concept and measurement

Arbeitspapier

The international donor community has grave concerns about the prospects for poverty reduction in what it terms fragile states. A state is classified as fragile if its country policy and institutional assessment (CPIA) score falls below a particular threshold. Recognizing that all states are fragile to varying degrees, this paper questions the method used by the international community to deem a country fragile. This paper develops a framework that uses fuzzy-set theory to deem a country as fragile. Fuzzy sets allow for gradual transition from one state to another while also allowing one to incorporate rules and goals, and hence are more appropriate for measuring outcomes

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-092-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2008/44

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Development Planning and Policy: General ; Institutions and Growth ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Subject: fragile states ; policies ; institutional performance ; CPIA scores ; fuzzy-set theory ; Staatskrise ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Fuzzy Sets

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina ; McGillivray, Mark
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45059
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET