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The Authors at Google program was pleased to
welcome former U.N. advisers to Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart to discuss
their latest book, "Fixing Failed States: A
Framework for Rebuilding our Fractured
World."
Ashraf Ghani played a central role in the
design and implementation of the post-Taliban
settlement in Afghanistan, serving as UN
adviser to the Bonn process and as Finance
Minister during Afghanistan's Transitional
Administration. He has worked at the World
Bank and taught at Johns Hopkins and Berkeley
universities. He has been nominated for the
job of Secretary General of the United
Nations and considered for the job of
President of the World Bank. He chairs the
Institute for State Effectiveness.
Clare Lockhart is Director for the Institute
for State Effectiveness. She has worked for
the World Bank, the United Nations and
advised the Government of Afghanistan
government in Kabul on its strategy and
programs from 2002 to 2005. She advises
countries and international organizations on
state-building and has written widely on the
topic. www.effectivestates.org
In Fixing Failed States, the authors describe
the effort to save failed states--vividly and
convincingly--offering an on-the-ground
picture of why past efforts have not worked
and advancing a groundbreaking new solution
to this most pressing of global crises.
Military force, while certainly necessary on
occasion, cannot solve the fundamental
problems, and humanitarian interventions cost
billions yet do not leave capable states in
their wake. Ghani and Lockhart argue that
only an integrated state-building approach
can heal these failing countries. As they
explain, many of these countries already have
the resources they need, if only we knew how
to connect them to global knowledge and put
them to work in the right way. Their
state-building strategy, which assigns
responsibility equally among the
international community, national leaders,
and citizens, maps out a clear path to
political and economic stability.
This event took place on June 20, 2008 at
Google's New York office.
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