Brown, KaysieElgin-Cossart, MollyJones, Bruce2015-01-122015-01-122011-11http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53531French version available in IDRC Digital LibrarySpanish version available in IDRC Digital LibraryThe table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActFragile states are beset and defined by recurring cycles of violence, and violence feeds their chronic underdevelopment. Violent and impoverished countries have poverty rates that are, on average, 20 points higher than their impoverished but peaceful counterparts. However, much of what is “known” by the research community is not “known” by policy and practice communities. Three pieces, in particular are key to understanding this gap: academic research tends not to focus on policy tools, limiting its relevance to decision-makers; donor funded evidence is rarely rigorous enough to translate into implementation; and we have lacked (until now) a baseline framework against which knowledge can accumulate.1 digital file (39 p.)application/pdfenRESEARCH CENTRESCONFLICT RESEARCHINSTITUTION BUILDINGTRUSTPOLITICAL STABILITYINSTRUMENTALIZATION OF VIOLENCECIVIL WARCASE STUDIESPOLICY SCIENCESScoping Study