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  1. #WH dinner tonight with Obama & Singh is a hot ticket in DC and in India. http://bit.ly/8Ae9u8
  2. RT @CGDev Ben Leo and Todd Moss worry that a new IMF lending program could end in another HIPC bailout. http://bit.ly/8UOOpd
  3. Climate change effects fragililty but does fragility induce climate change? It does when you publish a 219 page report! http://bit.ly/1HsWTZ
  4. RT @IdealistNYC Sad news from Chad. http://blog.foreignpolicy.c... #fragilestates
  5. 2 articles on how lack of infrastructure is impeding growth in Africa (also see my book) http://bit.ly/m0RTb http://bit.ly/4j8LNh
  6. RT @GiveWell HIV drugs used for fermenting gin in Malawi. http://bit.ly/2euYdf
  7. With DoD/USAID/State blurring, lets play "Guess the Implementor" A nonlethal counterinsurgency program in Iraq Guesses? http://bit.ly/48KxUK
  8. UN food supplies for Somalia expire in Dec. Does US withholding aid hurt terrorists enough to justify starving Somalis? http://bit.ly/4w4h53
  9. RT @InvestInAfrica Twenty-six African nations agree on roadmap to create free-trade zone within 2-3 years http://bit.ly/LDQhq
  10. RT @StanleyFound Pulitzer Center launches Fragile States Gateway for journalists reporting from nations in crisis http://bit.ly/3NJtp5
  11. Steve Berkman's The World Bank and the Gods of Lending is an eye opener on the huge WB project corruption levels (ignored by mgmnt) Read it!
  12. Tim Besley WB talk. Estimating the micro effect of peace Good, but using housing prices to show econ gains not replicable for poor countries
  13. Will engagement work on Sudan? Too early to judge, but progress on election and human. aid since Gration began talking may be good signs
  14. Some "credible candidates" but no winner for Ibrahim Prize this year. Bar set too high or are leaders really that bad? http://bit.ly/4wTKYV
  15. A non-traditional approach to stabilization operations—Italy bribing the Taliban not to fight http://bit.ly/3Qb4Aw
  16. UNAMA #2 fired for calling fraud on Afghan elections (http://tiny.cc/vFFQh). Is UN denial savvy politics or desire to keep aid flowing?
  17. RT @nathalieme Women must play full part in peace-building, Security Council declares today http://bit.ly/POTSE (via @UNIFEM)
  18. Noise in the middle of an index? It's the same with #fragilestates rankings Contention Over Rankings of African Nations http://bit.ly/18BXAH
  19. FP's 2009 Failed States Index http://bit.ly/PVtxO. Danger Ahead article most informative re identifying states on the verge of collapse.
  20. From the WB: Crisis Impact: Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries Face Greater Risks http://bit.ly/3Oilc8 #fragilestates