Fixing failed states
Fixing failed states by Ashraf Ghani is a 2008 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Ashraf Ghani, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "How to rebuild a broken state" (2006), 1.1M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 2 years after the talk.
- Edition: Oxford University Press, 2008 · 254 pages
The paired TED talk
How to rebuild a broken state (2006), the TED talk by Ashraf Ghani.
From the publisher
Pt. 1. Defining the context -- The creeping "sovereignty gap"--Reversing history -- Webs and flows of cooperation -- Failed politics -- The politics and perils of aid -- Pt. 2. Defining the state for the twenty-first century -- Toward a multifunctional view of the state -- The framework: the ten functions of the state -- Pt. 3. A new agenda for state building -- International compacts: sovereignty strategies -- National programs: the challenge of implementation -- Conclusion: Collective power.