International development organizations and fragile states [electronic resource] : law and disorder /
von Engelhardt, Marie.author.
This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective government is a basic condition for the transfer of aid, making development cooperation with 'fragile' nations particularly challenging. The author explores how international organizations like the World Bank have responded by adopting formal and informal rules to engage specifically with countries with weak or no governments. Von Engelhardt provides a critical analysis of the discourse on fragile states and how it has shaped the policy decision-making of international organizations. By demonstrating how perceptions of fragility can have significant consequences both in practice and in law, the work challenges conventional research that dismisses state fragility as a phenomenon beyond law. It is posited that the legal parameters for effective global policy play a crucial role, and a fresh approach to a topic that is central to international security and development.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Introduction: Fragile states as a phenomenon beyond law -- Chapter 2. Fragile States - The Discrepancy between Empirical and Juridical Statehood -- Chapter 3. Development Cooperation with Fragile States - From Discourse to Action -- Chapter 4. The Law of Development Cooperation - Interlude on the Nature of Rules and Substance of Analysis -- Chapter 5. The World Bank's Rules for Engaging with Fragile States -- Chapter 6. A Comparison with the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Union -- Chapter 7. Formalizing Fragile States? Of Emerging Patterns and the Potentials and Perils of Regulation -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Beyond the field of development cooperation.
This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective government is a basic condition for the transfer of aid, making development cooperation with 'fragile' nations particularly challenging. The author explores how international organizations like the World Bank have responded by adopting formal and informal rules to engage specifically with countries with weak or no governments. Von Engelhardt provides a critical analysis of the discourse on fragile states and how it has shaped the policy decision-making of international organizations. By demonstrating how perceptions of fragility can have significant consequences both in practice and in law, the work challenges conventional research that dismisses state fragility as a phenomenon beyond law. It is posited that the legal parameters for effective global policy play a crucial role, and a fresh approach to a topic that is central to international security and development.
Economic development.
Political science.
Globalization.
Markets.
Development economics.
Political economy.
International humanitarian law.
Development Studies.
Governance and Government.
Emerging Markets/Globalization.
Development Economics.
International Political Economy.
International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.