Going to scale in fragile states: Can it work? Should we try?
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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Fragile states are countries whose governments struggle to perform basic functions because of a lack of political will, capacity, or both. They are characterized by persistent deficiencies in authority, legitimacy, or service provision and encompass a diverse range of conditions, including postconflict environments and dysfunctional and corrupt regimes. Together, these states contain around one billion people and present major development challenges. This paper considers whether scaling up is possible under such circumstances. It argues that although aid donors may be tempted to rely on small, ad hoc, and short-term interventions, success in fragile states requires working with local stakeholders to develop long-term scaling-up pathways that build systematically on what works. Donors must be prepared to take risks and adapt to rapidly changing environments. Experience indicates that such an approach is both feasible and necessary for achieving development outcomes in fragile states.
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scaling up, agriculture, rural development, nutrition, millennium development goals, conflicts