Topic 3: Governance, Fragility, and Failure: Implications for Livelihoods

Abstract

1. Common terms of reference 2. Defining “governance”, “fragility”, etc. 3. So what’s governance got to do with it? • Livelihoods • Policies, Institutions, and Processes • Good Governance Matters • Governance in Reality and in Practice 4. From Governance to Fragility • Fragility and Failed States: Europe in 1648 vs. Africa today • Fragile states: A visualization • Analyzing sources of fragility • The Fragility Framework 5. From Fragility to Failure • Much of Africa in 2006 “Fragile” • Failed State Index: US is only “stable” • From Fragile State to Failed State • Inflation impacts livelihoods…