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100			_aAli, Hamid E., _91742
245			_aState transitions form rigidity to fragility and failure: _bthe case of Middle East and North Africa
260			_c2018
300			_ap.765-771.
520			_aThe taxonomy of the state’s effective governance capacity present in the literature is evolving around state fragility. However, this article argues that a state moves along the state transition curve, resulting in governance capacity variations over time. It begins as a fragile state, consolidating to becoming a vibrant state, only to embark, eventually, on a downward trajectory through phases of rigidity, decaying, and fragility, before becoming a failed state. About one-third of MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries are either fragile or failed states. Only technological change and knowledge accumulation and diffusion can shift this curve upward, thereby increasing a state’s effective governance capacity. - Reproduced.
650			_aE governance _91743
650			_aGovernance _91744
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
906			_aPublic administration
942			_2ddc _cAR