![]() ![]() The difficulty of dealing with challenges like Ebola is a reminder of how much state capacity matters in responding to crises.īut why is it some parts of the world have governments that are more or less effective and some don’t? This is, perhaps, still the key question of our time. While this may have much to do with their unfortunate recent histories and the impact of colonialism, the net result has been the same: underachievement and developmental failure. Some parts of the world have been synonymous with poor governance, corruption and state failure for much of their independent existences. ![]() Whether it is the seemingly endless conflicts and political upheavals in the Middle East, the return of geopolitics in Europe, the growing strategic tensions in our own region or the inability of governments the world over to satisfy the heightened expectations of their own people, much of the world looks messy and badly governed. ![]() It is becoming increasingly commonplace to observe that we live in an era of disorder and instability. ![]()
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