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  "summary": "There is broad recognition that countries in fragile situations face unique challenges. While fragility may afflict countries at different levels of income and capacity, common features of fragile states are institutions that are seen to be weak and lack legitimacy, as well as a fractious political",
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      "content": "- Fragility may afflict countries at different levels of income and capacity.\n- Common features of fragile states:\n  - institutions that are seen to be weak and lack legitimacy\n  - a fractious political setting, which in turn elevates the risk of violence\n- Fragilities impose large costs and hardships on local populations.\n- Spillovers to neighboring countries occur:\n  - directly through conflict, crime, and disease\n  - through economic linkages"
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      "content": "- Forms of engagement being developed emphasize:\n  - peacebuilding\n  - social cohesion\n  - statebuilding\n- Operational principles incorporated into engagement:\n  - recognition of the need for sustained engagement\n  - willingness to take calculated risks in uncertain environments\n  - fuller attention to the political economy of reforms and capacity constraints\n  - coordination of donor efforts"
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    "Publication date: June 15, 2011",
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