CSDN Video – Understanding Fragility: How Can the EU Help Build Resilience?

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Fragility is multifaceted, driven by conflict, economic pressure, or environmental shocks, but fuelled by states’ limited capacity to absorb them. According to the OECD, highly and extremely fragile states hold 25% of the world’s population, yet account for 72% of the world’s extreme poor. To mark our new video on fragility, we’re looking at why this matters for EU external action, and what tools the EU already has to respond.