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Conventional wisdom among policymakers in both the US and Europe holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats today. However, as this book shows, our assumptions about the threats posed by failed and failing states are based on false premises.

Security, International. --- Political stability. --- World politics --- Destabilization (Political science) --- Political instability --- Stability, Political --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Legitimacy of governments --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace

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Ce rapport expose les résultats de la seconde Enquête de suivi de la mise en oeuvre des Principes d'engagement international deans les États fragiles et les situations précaires. Il est basé sur des consultations nationales menées  dans les 13 pays (contre 6 pays en 2009) ayant répondu à l'appel concernant le suivi de la mise en oeuvre des PEF par les partenaires au développement, consultations qui ont reçu le soutien de la communauté internationale, au sein de laquelle le PNUD a joué un rôle central.

Social stability. --- Economic assistance. --- Political stability. --- Developing countries --- Foreign relations. --- Destabilization (Political science) --- Political instability --- Stability, Political --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Legitimacy of governments --- Economic aid --- Foreign aid program --- Foreign assistance --- Grants-in-aid, International --- International economic assistance --- International grants-in-aid --- Economic policy --- International economic relations --- Conditionality (International relations) --- Stability, Social --- Social history --- Sociology --- Progress

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The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the effects of political instability on economic growth. Using the system-GMM estimator for linear dynamic panel data models on a sample covering up to 169 countries, and 5-year periods from 1960 to 2004, we find that higher degrees of political instability are associated with lower growth rates of GDP per capita. Regarding the channels of transmission, we find that political instability adversely affects growth by lowering the rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom and ethnic homogeneity are beneficial to growth, while democracy may have a small negative effect.

Political stability --- Destabilization (Political science) --- Political instability --- Stability, Political --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Legitimacy of governments --- Econometric models. --- Investments: General --- Labor --- Production and Operations Management --- Demography --- Production --- Cost --- Capital and Total Factor Productivity --- Capacity --- Human Capital --- Skills --- Occupational Choice --- Labor Productivity --- Investment --- Capital --- Intangible Capital --- Macroeconomics: Production --- Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts --- Macroeconomics --- Labour --- income economics --- Population & migration geography --- Total factor productivity --- Human capital --- Capital accumulation --- Productivity --- Population growth --- Industrial productivity --- Saving and investment --- Population