International Development Organizations and Fragile States

Marie von Engelhardt has worked as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. Previously, she was a consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, Switzerland, and for the World Bank in Nairobi, Kenya, and Washington, USA.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Fragile states as a phenomenon beyond law.- Chapter 2. Fragile States – The Discrepancy between Empirical and Juridical Statehood.- Chapter 3. Development Cooperation with Fragile States – From Discourse to Action.- Chapter 4. The Law of Development Cooperation – Interlude on the Nature of Rules and Substance of Analysis.- Chapter 5. The World Bank’s Rules for Engaging with Fragile States.- Chapter 6. A Comparison with the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Union.- Chapter 7. Formalizing Fragile States? Of Emerging Patterns and the Potentials and Perils of Regulation.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Beyond the field of development cooperation.