Spanish aid / Backgrounder
Fragile States - Options for Spain
15/01/2007 By Publicaciones ForoAOD
State fragility is a contested concept. After presenting attempts to define “fragile states”, this background document of the ForoAOD identifies policy options for donors and discusses “human security” between a justifying neo-colonial interventions and empowering local populations.
It finally assesses the responsiveness of Spanish aid towards states in crises and develops recommendations.
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Keywords
Aid effectiveness Development cooperation Fragile state SpainRelated publications
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The FOROAOD has been designed as a democratic experiment to involve citizens, policy-makers and academics from North and South in a consultation process about the Spanish Development Cooperation.
