An OECD report titled, ‘States of Fragility 2018,’ highlights 12 key aspects of fragility, illustrates the current state of financing to address fragility, proposes more effective approaches that account for its multidimensionality.
The report warns that fragility stands in the way of the world reaching the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the sustaining peace agenda.
17 July 2018: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) 2018 report on fragility exposes the critical challenge posed by fragility in achieving the 2030 Agenda, sustainable development, and peace. In order to better understand, anticipate and respond to fragility, the publication examines conflict, forced displacement, violent extremism, and famine, among others – all causes and consequences of fragility.
The report titled, ‘States of Fragility 2018,’ highlights 12 key aspects of fragility, defying common assumptions and simplistic categorization. It documents progress made in fragile situations on attaining sustainable development, suggesting exit strategies from fragility. It then illustrates the current state of financing to address fragility and proposes more effective approaches that account for its multidimensionality.
Aid will remain critical, as it will take many years for fragile contexts to have a diversity of financing options at their disposal.
The key messages of the publication address the need for broad collective ambition by governments in fragile contexts, regional organizations, bilateral and multilateral actors, civil society and the private sector. The messages stress that:
The publication warns that fragility stands in the way of the world reaching both the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the sustaining peace agenda. [Publication: States of Fragility 2018] [Executive Summary]