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Fragility and conflict, On the front lines of the fight against poverty, Paul Corral, Alexander Irwin, Nandini Krishnan, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, and Tara Vishwanath

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Fragility and conflict

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Paul Corral, Alexander Irwin, Nandini Krishnan, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, and Tara Vishwanath

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On the front lines of the fight against poverty

Extreme poverty is in retreat today across much of the world, but Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS) are a stark exception. Not only is extreme poverty rising in economies characterized by conflict and fragility, but poor people in FCS are more likely than the poor elsewhere to experience multiple, overlapping non-monetary deprivations, further diminishing their chances to escape poverty and achieve a better life. And once countries enter conflict, it imposes heavy costs through its negative impact on economic development and welfare that can extend to future generations. The report argues that global efforts to end extreme poverty can only succeed with resolute engagement in FCS economies. It specifically proposes approaches that support evidence -based policy by tackling data deprivation, improving monitoring of country specific risk markers, prioritizing and targeting resources to the places most in need, and developing strategies to more effectively target investments in FCS.--, Provided by publisher

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. An Urgent Challenge-- and a Window to Respond; Book Structure -- Fragility, Conflict, and Extreme Poverty. Key Messages; Background: Living and Dying in a Two-Speed World; Data Deprivation in FCS; Overcoming Data Deprivation; A Clearer Picture of Global Poverty; Better Analysis in FCS Shows that Global Poverty Has Been Underestimated; Poverty Rates Have Risen in FCS, as They Fall Elsewhere; Economies Chronically in FCS Are Driving the Patterns -- Challenges in Multiple Dimensions. Key Messages. Seeing Beyond Monetary Poverty. Losing Human Capital-- Where It Is Needed Most; FCS and Growth: Negative Associations; Picturing a Better Future? -- Long-Term Effects of Conflict on Poverty and Welfare. Key Messages; Introduction; Conflict through a Human Capital Lens; The Impact of Conflict on Human Capital: Health; The Impact of Conflict on Human Capital: Education; Conflict and Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility; Conflict's Impact on Labor Market Outcomes; Impact on Productive Assets and Income-Earning Activities; Conflict-Induced Displacement: How Do Refugees Impact Host Communities?; Adding It All Up: Conflict Imposes Heavy Costs that Extend to Future Generations -- Patterns of Fragility-Understanding Diversity in Country Profiles. Key Messages; Introduction; Cluster Analysis for Creating Country Typologies; An Empirical Approach to Exploring Patterns of Fragility; Country Typologies; Cluster Profiles and Entry Points for Policy -- Conclusion-Directions for Action on Fragility and Poverty. Addressing Data Deprivation; Monitoring Fragility Markers; Prioritizing and Focusing Policy Action; Privileging Prevention; Fighting Poverty on the Front Lines -- Appendix A: Computing Proximity to Conflict -- Appendix B: Methods to Address Poverty Data Deprivation -- Appendix C: Classification Tree of FCS for Fiscal Year 2020 -- Appendix D: Data Sources for Cluster Analysis -- Appendix E: Governance Index