Recommended Readings – Transition Assistance

Below is a short selection of publications that we recommend as useful sources of analysis on Transition Assistance, one of IFIT’s three main issue areas. To see samples of IFIT’s own major publications on these issue areas, please see our Publications page.

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1. A New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States.

International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding. 2008.

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2. Barma, Naazneen, Elisabeth Huybens, and Lorena VinÌuela. Institutions Taking Root: Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts.

Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group, 2014.

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3. Beall, J., T. Goodfellow, and D. Rodgers. "Cities and Conflict in Fragile States in the Developing World."

Urban Studies 50, no. 15 (2013): 3065-083. doi:10.1177/0042098013487775.

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4. Booth, David. "Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?"

Development Policy Review 29 (2010). doi:10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00518.x.

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5. Booth, David. "Governance for Development in Africa: Building on What Works."

Africa Power and Politics. April 2011.

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6. Carothers, Thomas, and Diane De Gramont. Development Aid Confronts Politics: The Almost Revolution.

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2013.