Organisation: The Government Outcomes Lab
Fragile and conflict-affected states often lack consistent public service provision, and struggle to respond to the needs of their populations. Support from external organisations is therefore common, in the form of financial aid, service delivery, and/or administration. What makes for an effective partnership in contexts that are by definition high-risk and subject to instability? This session seeked to answer to this question, drawing from case examples of cross-sector, multi-scale, service partnerships in fragile settings.
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The fourth deep dive session looked at pursuing better social outcomes in fragile and conflict-affected states. Louise Savell (Social Finance) emphasised that fragile states are a heterogenous group and that the details of the contexts will define what is possible. Panelists also shared that, in fragile settings, it is key to think about capacity not only in government, but also in civil society and service providers