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Resilience and the Fragile City

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Abstract

Humanitarian, security, and development actors are witnessing two distinct but intertwined trends that will have a dramatic impact on their operations. The first relates to the fact that the locus of global poverty and vulnerability to disaster are increasingly concentrated in fragile and conflict affected states. The second trend is associated with the notion that the world has entered a period of unprecedented urbanization. For the first time in history, more people live inside urban centres than outside of them. As the world continues to urbanize, global emergencies will increasingly be concentrated in cities, particularly in lower income and fragile countries where the pace of urbanization is fastest. Yet, despite the growing risks facing urban populations living in fragile and conflict affected countries, there is very little understanding of what can be done to reduce the risks posed to these cities and their populations.
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Country WB CPIA Score
ADB/AfDB CPIA
Score
Political and Peace-
Building Missions b/
Peace-keeping Missions c/
IDA Eligible
Afghanistan 2.68 3.03 PPk
Burundi 3.24 3.38 P
Central African Republic 2.71 2.95 P
Chad 2.51 3.20
Comoros 2.78 2.48
DRC 2.71 3.21 Pk
Congo, Rep 3.00 3.38
Cote d'Ivoire 3.07 3.15 Pk
Eritrea 2.08 1.88
Guinea-Bissau 2.62 2.79 P
Haiti 2.90 - Pk
Kiribati 2.88 2.98
Kosovo 3.51 -Pk
Liberia 3.06 3.69 Pk
Madagascar 3.04 3.24
Malawi 3.16 3.22
Mali 3.38 3.98 Pk
Marshall Islands 2.68 2.78
Micronesia, FS 2.69 2.80
Myanmar - -
Nepal 3.27 4.15 P
Sierra Leone 3.27 3.40 P
Solomon Islands 2.96 3.38
Somalia - 1.18 P
South Sudan 2.12 2.27 Pk
Sudan 2.32 2.66 Pk
Timor-Leste 3.02 3.38 Pk
Togo 2.97 3.32
Tuvalu 2.77 3.05
Yemen 2.99 -
Territories
West Bank & Gaza - - P
Blend
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3.64 - P
Zimbabwe 2.23 2.22
Middle Income
Iraq - - P
Libya - - P
Syria - - P
Notes:
d/ Additional information provided by AfDB caused Angola to graduate from the previously released list with a rating now above 3.2
2.0
HARMONIZED LIST OF FRAGILE SITUATIONS FY14 a/
Harmonized Average
2.9
3.3
2.8
2.9
2.6
3.0
3.2
3.1
3.7
2.7
2.9
2.9
3.5
3.4
3.1
3.2
3.7
2.7
2.7
-
3.3
3.2
1.2
2.2
2.5
3.2
3.1
2.9
3.0
-
a/ "Fragile Situations" have: either a) a harmonized average CPIA country rating of 3.2 or less, or b) the presence of a UN and/or regional peace-keeping or peace-building mission during the
past three years. This list includes only IDA eligible countries and non-member or inactive territories/countries without CPIA data. It excludes IBRD only countries for which the CPIA scores are
not currently disclosed.
b/ Specifically defined as the presence of a UN and/or regional (e.g. AU, EU, OAS) peace-building and political mission in this country in the last three years. [sources: UN DPKO website, AU
website, EC website].
c/ Specifically defined as the presence of a UN and/or regional (e.g. AU, EU, OAS, NATO) peace-keeping operation in this country in the last three years, with the exclusion of border
monitoring operations. [Sources: UN DPKO website, AU website, EC website, OSCE website].
3.6
2.2
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