ABSTRACT
This chapter includes a selection of documents identified by several experts as particularly influential in the field of socio-economic development and fragility. It describes that the term 'fragility' implies such a combination of conditions and, where appropriate, 'fragility' and 'conflict' are used interchangeably. The chapter discusses a selection of international policy documents and reports that have influenced, and continue to influence, policymaking in the sphere of socio-economic development and peacebuilding. It describes an analytical framework that captures the more general trends. The chapter elaborates the key issues emerging from the debate around socio-economic development in fragile settings that are likely to remain high on the policy agenda in years to come. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee focuses on aid coherence, helping member governments and others to cooperate and coordinate their actions.
