David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy
Yiagadeesen Samy is an associate professor of international affairs at Carleton University and a research associate at the North-South Institute. David Carment is a professor of international affairs at Carleton University and a fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. They are the authors (with Stewart Prest) of Security, Development and the Fragile State: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Policy (2009).
Fletcher Forum articles by David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy:
January 20, 2011
by David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy
Fragile states account for roughly 15 percent of the world population and are far from achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy, of Carleton University, believe that the recent United Nations Summit, intended to evaluate progress toward achieving the MDGs, was a missed opportunity to focus attention on fragile and conflictaffected states. The authors argue that unless—and until—the international community realizes that fragile and conflict-affected states require the most effort, attaining the MDGs by the 2015 target date will be difficult.
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