01285pab a2200193 454500 180718b2010 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Chauvet, Lisa Paradise lost: the costs of state failure in the pacific 2010 p.;961-80. May Globally, state failure is hugely costly, in terms of lost output and the high costs imposed by failing states on their neighbours. This paper examines the cost of failing states in the Pacific. The Pacific region differs from other regions: since its countries are islands the neighbourhood spillovers that normally generate these costs do not apply. The cost of state failure for an island is much lower than for other states, but state failure is most costly to the state itself, as opposed to its neighbours, if the state is an island. This may be due to the greater openness of islands, implying greater flight of financial and human capital. Because neighbours are not directly affected by state failure in the Pacific, any possible interventions should be centred on the humanitarian concern. - Reproduced. Small states Hoeffler, Anke Collier, Paul Journal of Development Studies N 87050 87050 87050 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 46, Issue no: 5 AR87510 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR