Workshop organized by IDDRI in the framework of the Third Forum on Human Development

Chair: Benoit Daviron, CIRAD

Speakers: Eric Chevallier, Senior Lecturer, Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) and Science Po Paris; Paul Collier, Oxford University (United Kingdom); Béatrice Pouligny, CERI-Sciences Po.

In the international debate on the effectiveness of official development assistance, a very limited space is left to the issue of assistance to fragile states. Workshop participants discussed the rationality and legitimacy of ODA to fragile states and its effectiveness in promoting human development and democracy.