Fragile and Conflict-affected States: Home

An internal knowledge hub on policy and operational work related to fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS).

Provides forecasts for outbreaks of political violence and escalations into internal armed conflict. Forecast method is based on many years of academic research and millions of newspaper articles through automated summaries.

The CPIA rates countries against a set of 16 criteria grouped in four clusters: (i) economic management; (ii) structural policies; (iii) policies for social inclusion and equity; and (iv) public sector management and institutions. The criteria are focused on balancing the capture of the key factors that foster growth and poverty reduction, with the need to avoid undue burden on the assessment process.

Analysis of political, economic, and operational risks globally. BMI Country Risk provides in-depth political risk and macroeconomic analysis, 10-year forecasts and latest information on the local business environment. Includes quarterly BMI Country Risk reports and daily analysis, and Country Risk Index of political, economic and operational risk across global markets. BMI Operational Risk provides a quarterly risk index and research reports across four dimensions of risk: Crime, Defense & Security; Education & Labor; Logistics & Freight Transport; and Trade & Investment Risk.

New! Provides key open-source datasets to quantify the macroeconomic impact of global forced displacement (refugee spillover and internal displacement). Facilitating data accessibility with 23 partners, it identifies 90+ curated indicators with analytics and qualitative data leveraging traditional and non-traditional sources.

The Fragile States Index (FSI), produced by the Fund for Peace (FFP), measures the vulnerability of states to collapse. It not only highlights the normal pressures that all states experience but also identifies when pressures exceed a state’s capacity to manage them.

the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is a global partnership that helps low- and middle-income countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change.

The Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) helps data users find historical and current information related to key development indicators such as poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity. In addition, PIP can be used for following trends and monitoring progress towards development targets. The platform reports national, regional, and global estimates.

The database provides statistics on global forced displacement, including about UNHCR's populations of concern from 1951 until today.

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) provides this interactive guide to conflicts around the world, 1975-present. It provides a summary of the conflict and its history as well as profiles of the various conflict actors with links directly into the data they collect on fatalities.

Data visualization and maps of global hunger hotspots.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are designed to help researchers and analysts assess broad patterns in perceptions of governance across countries and over time.