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1. Fragile state

   A fragile state is a developing country characterized by weak state capacity or weak state legitimacy leaving citizens vulnerable to a range of shocks. The World Bank, for example, deems a country to be ‘fragile’ if it (a) is eligible for assistance (i.e., a grant) from the International Development Association (IDA) (b) has had a UN peacekeeping mission in the last three years, and (c) has received a ‘governance’ score of less than 3.2 (as per the Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) index of The World Bank). While many countries are making progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, a group of 35 to 50 countries (depending on the measure used) are falling behind. It is estimated that out of the world's seven billion people, 26% live in fragile states, and this is where one-third of all people surviving on less than US$1.25 per day live, half of the world's children who die before the age of five, and one-third of maternal deaths occur.Not only are they falling behind, but the gap with other developing countries is widening since the 1970s. In 2006, per capita GDP grew only at 2% in fragile states, whereas it reached 6% in other low-income countries. Projections (for example, World Bank, 2008) that fragile states will constitute an even larger share of low-income countries in the future given that many better performing low-income countries graduate to middle-income status. This is a major challenge for development efforts and it has been argued by the Overseas Development Institute that fragile states require fundamentally different approaches from the development models exercised in more resilient countries, because of the different context of risk.One common measure of state fragility is to use the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment index, but more complex indexes, for example including the security dimension, are increasingly being used.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fragile state in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fragile state in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fragile state in a Sentence

1. Nick Marro:

   This was one of the immediate risks that we'd seen emerging in China as the pandemic situation has deteriorated, the global trade and logistics environment is already in a pretty fragile state, particularly given all of the challenges we've seen over the spring and early summer.

2. Patricia Driscoll:

   Perhaps now his family and those around him recognize his fragile state and will provide him the mental health care and support he needs, he clearly believes fiction is reality, and that's all the more reason he needs help.

3. Renard Moxom:

   Somewhere along the way historically we have lost the idea of what the role of soccer and sport is in human development, we need to get back to the real purpose of promoting the game. We really need to protect it. It's in a fragile state right now.

4. Luke Bartholomew:

   Today was a tone-setter for what is to come, the ECB's rhetoric really emphasises the fragile state of the European, and global, economy.

5. Andy Hill:

   This is a critical problem to the functioning of markets, without secondary market liquidity, primary issuance will be impaired. We're in a fragile state now.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile_State