Written question asked by Mark Lazarowicz (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 October 2010. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Developing Countries: Politics and Government

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the oral statement of 19 October 2010, Official Report, columns 797-801, on the Strategic Defence and Security Review, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a state is (a) fragile and (b) conflict-affected.

Answer: The Department for International Development (DFID) does not formally distinguish between the categories of (a) ““fragile”” and (b) ““conflict-affected”” states. DFID uses a range of criteria drawn from internationally recognised indices, including the World Bank's Country Policy Institutional Assessment Index, the Failed State Index of the Fund for Peace, and the Uppsala datasets of Armed Conflict to determine which states are ““fragile and conflict-affected””.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 19208; 517 c292W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Strategic Defence and Security Review
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
Subjects: Developing countries Politics and government
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