ASI Research Update: Rotberg on State Failure and North Korea

By · April 29, 2010 · Comments Off
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When states fail and collapse, the process of disintegration mutilates institutions and destroys the underlying social contract between a government and its citizens. That is precisely why sustained nation building requires time, massive capacity for uplifting and reconfiguring, large sums from outside, debt relief, and serious measures of tutelage. Rich nations must not abandon state rebuilding efforts before the tough work is concluded – before a failed or collapsed state has functioned well for several years and has had its political, economic, and social health restored. The worst enemy of the reconstruction of failed states is a premature exit by international organizations and donors, as in Haiti and Somalia.”
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http://asiasecurity.macfound.org/images/uploads/news_attachments/Rotberg_IIRI_Paper.pdf

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