May 13 and 14, 2005
Badly governed and collapsed states constitute an important issue for both policy makers and analysts in the contemporary international environment. States that actively work to provide internal peace and security through the creation of public goods, such as enforcing the rule of law, protecting property rights, making available education and public health facilities, and providing security for the people, are in a position to empower their citizens to realize the positive effects of globalization, including the growth of competitive markets, the creation of wealth and the generation of income.

The Center hosted a conference in May of 2005, following on meetings at Stanford and Oxford in 2004. The conference provided a forum to understand better the relationship between security and development as well as the relationships between democracy, stability and economic growth. Participants assessed internal and external strategies for recovery, considered the role of external actors such as international organizations, and analyzed the results of specific national policy and leadership choices, among other topics.

An edited volume will be produced based on this conference and on the two earlier meetings.

List of Yale conference papers