(Details of research undertaken in Phase 1 can be found here.)

Click on the links below for information on our research in specific countries. We have chosen a set of eight countries to study in detail, drawn from four categories:

1)   countries that experienced war and where states collapsed but where there is at least a decade of reconstruction experience
2)   countries which experienced war, where states collapsed and where the future is uncertain
3)  countries where states have avoided collapse despite significant armed challenges to state authority
4)  countries that have avoided significant episodes of violent conflict and war and where states have remained intact despite poor performance in relation to growth, welfare and the standards of good governance promoted by international agencies.

Core case studies:

Afghanistan
Colombia
DR Congo
Mozambique
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia

Secondary case studies: