State Fragility and Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: Indicators and Interventions

ISBN-13: 9781032174181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 236 str.

John Idriss Lahai; Isaac Koomson

Opis

This book focuses on the indicators of fragility and the resilience of state-led interventions to address them in sub-Saharan Africa.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

John Idriss Lahai is a Research Fellow at the University of New England, Australia.

Isaac Koomson is a PhD candidate at the UNE Business School at the University of New England, Australia.