The Commonwealth Secretariat released a report titled ‘Building the Resilience of Small States,' which provides an overview of the unique challenges of small States, including narrow production and export bases, limited resources and capacity constraints.
The report proposes a framework for resilience building.
September 2014: The Commonwealth Secretariat released a report, titled ‘Building the Resilience of Small States,’ which provides an overview of the unique challenges of small States, including narrow production and export bases, limited resources and capacity constraints. The report proposes a framework for resilience building.
The report predicts that these characteristics are likely to increase the susceptibility of small States to economic and climate shocks, and notes that these are likely to increase in frequency and intensity.
The authors make a case for building the resilience of small States and propose a “governability assessment framework” as a basis for forward planning. They recommend that aid support should be aimed at promoting and improving economic stability, market efficiency, social development and environmental management.
The book draws on studies commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to further develop a basis for identifying policy measures for building the resilience of small States. [Publication: Building the Resilience of Small States] [Commonwealth Secretariat Website]