States of Fragility 2016

Fragility and Agenda 2030

“…The report also pointed to risks of regression on the gender inequality agenda because it is being conflated in some places with "gender ideology" (UNDP, 2019 [110]). Against this background, the issues highlighted in Gender equality and women's empowerment in fragile and conflictaffected situations (OECD, 2017 [131]), are even more pertinent as the world responds to the impact of systemic shocks. The paper raised concern that "weak institutions and services, ineffective or uneven rule of law, insecurity and restrictions of movement, and the dominance of informal institutions such as patronage networks" all risk being compounded in contexts struggling to come to terms with systemic shocks (OECD, 2017, p. 21 [131]).…”

States of fragility and official development assistance

“…Investing in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in fragile contexts can help ensure that meeting the immediate humanitarian impacts of the pandemic are complemented by longer-term investments in prevention, preparedness and the strengthening of resilience to future risks and shocks. The following discussion of ODA for this particular COVID-19 priority uses a policy marker 1 from the OECD Creditor Reporting System to analyse projects for which DRR was a principal or significant objective (OECD, 2017 [45]).…”

Conflict prevention in fragile contexts

“…The cyclical and protracted nature of violent conflict has led to escalating costs of crisis response and welldocumented economic impacts such as reversals in economic growth, acceleration of inflation and other macroeconomic pressures, damage to existing infrastructure, and spillover effects on neighbouring countries (UN/World Bank, 2018 [12]). It also takes a social and political toll, particularly on women, youth and other disadvantaged populations who are affected disproportionately by the effects of violence (OECD, 2017 [47]). Social exclusion is both a cause and consequence of violent conflict (Khan, Combaz and McAslan Fraser, 2015[48]).…”