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Please cite this publication as:OECD (2015) Ya s m i n A h m a d , E l e n a B e r n a l d o, Va l é r i e G ave a u , C é c i l e S a n g a r é a n dGiovanni Maria Semeraro (OECD) provided DAC statistics and analysis. Gregory De Paepe, L e n a D i e s i n g , E m i ly E s p l e n , L u c i e Fa u ch e r re, D o n a t a G a r ra s i , S i a f a H ag e, Any errors or omissions remain, however, the authors' responsibility.The OECD would also like to thank the World Bank's Fragility, Violence and Conflict Group in Nairobi for hosting a regional consultation on the draft report's findings in December 2014 that brought together practitioners, researchers and other experts on Africa and Latin America. Thanks to their feedback, we were able to refine our findings.
EditorialThis year has the potential to be a turning point in the history of poverty reduction. As the end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) draws closer, we are witnessing progress given that extreme poverty has been halved worldwide, although the majority of States of Fragility 2015 is published at an important time for international development cooperation. In 2015, the world's governments will agree on a successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This framework will be more ambitious than ever, requiring in turn more urgent efforts to reduce the persistent pove...