The cost of failing states and the limits to sovereignty
In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of regula...
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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)
2007
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