USAID Fragility Assessment Framework

This revamping of an older USAID document was commissioned by its office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. It aims to help USAID, other US government agencies, and other development actors incorporate the latest thinking on fragility into current or future programming. The booklet examines state and society dynamics, and their interaction in order to highlight specific dimensions of the state-society relationship that exhibit dysfunction and warrant closer consideration. (Dr. Kaplan was a co-author of the report.)