Greater than the sum of its parts? : assessing "whole of government" approaches to fragile states

Abstract

With fragile states representing both a core development challenge and a source of major threats to international security, the search for to assist the recovery of failing and war-torn countries has been high on the agendas of donor countries. Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown candidly assess efforts to bring together diplomatic, defense, and development instruments - the so-called 3Ds of whole of government strategies - made by seven major donor countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.The authors candidly assess integrated efforts to assist the recovery of failing and war-torn states being made by seven major donor countries.