1. Introduction; Part 1 Statehood and conflicts: contextual indicators and interventions; 2. Conceptualising the state, state fragility and resilience in the political economy of sub-Saharan Africa; 3. Frames of impact: the contexts and correlates of armed conflicts on state fragility; 4. Behavioural language frames, conflict de-escalation words, and battle-related deaths: a panel estimation of peace accords across zones of conflict;Part 2 Child labor: thematic indicators and interventions; 5. Child labor, poverty and fragility; 6. Regional and country-level interventions to end child labor; Part 3 Food (in)security: contextual indicators and interventions; 7. The Ebola pandemic and household food insecurity; 8. Institutional interventions in the advancement of food security and health; 9. Conclusion