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fragility

[frə′jil·əd·ē]
(science and technology)
The state or quality of being fragile, that is, brittle or easily broken.
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Kregel returns to the "financial fragility hypothesis" in a paper which sketches the relationship between financial fragility and Minsky's "Two Price" theory.
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Using the case of South Sudan, I demonstrated how these factors laid the groundwork for a fragility trap.
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State Fragility Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal
An approach focusing on inclusive politics, effective governance, and fiscal health seems to offer a viable route to overcome fragility in Sub Saharan Africa, an IMF staff report said.
Inclusion, governance, fiscal space can help overcome fragility, says IMF
Fragility is different from one place to the next and since there is no single condition that describes fragility everywhere, there is no single remedy for it, either.
AfDB says stronger govts and private sector keys to end fragility in Africa
She states that readers hoping to find a "comprehensive understanding of financial fragility from reading these texts" will find, instead, "a mess of contradictory definitions, approaches and conclusions," and she makes no apology; her explanation is that the variety of circumstances, cycles, and contexts under consideration naturally causes a confusing array of conclusions that readers must figure out how to navigate and integrate.
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