This report was conceptualised by the Crises and Fragility team in the Global Partnerships and Policies Division at the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) under the guidance of Cyprien Fabre and Frederik Matthys. It was drafted by Harsh Desai, Jens Hesemann, Jonathan Marley, Wiola Stasieluk, Cushla Thompson and Kazuma Yabe. The team is particularly grateful for the support received across DCD including the specialised contributions of Catherine Anderson, Juan Casado Asensio, Gregory de Pape, Marc de Tollenaere, Charlotte Goemans, Jenny Hedman, Megan Kennedy-Chouane, Laura McDonald, Jens Sedemund, Julie Seghers, Esme Stout and Lisa Williams. Thanks also go to Daniel Gerszon Mahler and Nishant Yonzan (World Bank) for providing data and advice on the use of poverty statistics. Andrew Etchell and David Hammond (Institute for Economics and Peace) peer-reviewed and validated the statistical code and findings of the OECD’s multidimensional fragility framework.
Throughout the process, the team greatly benefited from the substantive advice and feedback received from members of the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). A special thank you goes to our Reference Group members, who have selflessly given their time to support and guide the team through the concept and production process, including among others Sara Batmanglich (World Bank), Mats Berdal (King’s College London), Christine Chan (UNDP), Flavia Eichmann (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), Ashley Jackson (Overseas Development Institute), Diana Koester (independent consultant), Karin Kronlid (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), Sorie Lee (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea), Jean-Bertrand Mothes (Agence Française de Développement), Jonathan Papoulidis (Food for the Hungry), Aaron Roesch (United States Agency for International Development), Filipa Schmitz Guinote (International Committee of the Red Cross), Laura Schusser (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ), Rachel Scott (OECD), Catherine Simonet (Agence Française de Développement) and Madita Weise (International Monetary Fund). The team is also grateful to Olivia Lazard and Natalia Rodriguez for their expertise and guidance on climate and environmental fragility.
Cyprien Fabre, Léopold Ghins, Matthias Leitner, Frederik Matthys, Ida McDonnell, Dan Schreiber and Sarah Spencer-Bernard provided additional comments and feedback at key stages. This report was edited by Susan Sachs and proofread by Jill Gaston. Graphic design and data visualisation were provided by Lushomo Graphics. Joelle Bassoul, Stephanie Coic, Preeya Khongwir, Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte and Jessica Voorhees supported the production and communications process at the OECD. The team would also like to acknowledge the invaluable support of Mireille Benicke (DCD/GPP).
This project was generously co-funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Swedish Government Offices and Ministry for Foreign Affairs.