Rebuilding and Strengthening Health Systems and Providing Basic Health Services in Fragile States
Highlights
- Although there are many descriptions of fragile states, the two criteria on which they are judged are legitimacy—government will and capacity to provide core services and basic security—and effectiveness in providing services and security. Legitimacy is the determination and ability of government to work in the interest of the public and to demonstrate fairness to all groups. Effectiveness means the ability of government to maintain security and order and to provide public goods and services to citizens. These elements are interrelated because the lack of capacity or willingness of governments to respond to people’s basic needs— food, health, sanitation, security, shelter and water—means that people feel betrayed by government ineffectiveness (View Highlight)
- four possible conditions of fragile states: deterioration, arrested development, post-conflict, and early recovery. (View Highlight)