Reframing Fragility and Resilience Series
This five-part series on Fragility and Resilience by Pauline Baker, President Emeritus of the Fund for Peace, examines complex dynamics in fragile states and factors that can both promote and counteract resilience in societies and governance systems....Read More
Reframing State Fragility and Resilience: The Way Forward
The final paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper pulls from the findings from the first aggregate research paper plus the three preceding case studies on Egypt, Honduras and Pakistan to examine and clarify the challenge of fragile states and the fragility and resilience model. It summarizes principal findings of the series and maps out implications for governance and peacebuilding practitioners....Read More
Fragility and Resilience in Revolutionary Egypt
The second paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper focuses on the three years of political turmoil in Egypt that began in February 2011, when President Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office following mass anti-government demonstrations and ended in June 2014, when General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi was inaugurated as the country’s fifth president. ...Read More
Getting away with murder
Violence occurs in 1 in 5 elections globally—in rare instances, rising to the level of a crime against humanity. In this paper, electoral violence expert Jeff Fischer examines three cases of crimes against humanity in an electoral context—Cote D’Ivoire in 2010, Kenya in 2007 and East Timor in 1999. Fischer analyzes the institutions and processes associated with bringing justice and possibilities for prevention....Read More
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Egypt
As one of the more diversified economies in the Middle East with a high growth rate, the Egyptian economy presents an attractive investment climate due to positive developments in infrastructure, transportation, communication, energy, skilled labor, modern industrial cities, free zones, banking and stock markets. Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are crucial to continued economic growth and development in Egypt, but these enterprises often encounter obstacles such as financial and political issues, lack of technology adoption and unskilled workers. This report describes and assesses the broad ecosystem of MSMEs and entrepreneurship in Egypt and offers recommendations on strategy and actionable program design on how to support MSMEs and entrepreneurs in impacting the Egyptian economy. ...Read More
