With 60 million people displaced by conflict in 2014, and two-thirds of the world’s poor estimated to live in fragile states by 2030, the question of how to help governments and societies effectively find their way out of fragility and into sustainable stability and development is becoming increasingly critical.

• Sheikh Mohammed Abulahoum, Chairman, Justice & Building Party, Yemen
• Dr Nematullah Bizhan, Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellow, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
• Professor Stefan Dercon, Chief Economist of the Department of International Development (DFID), and Professor of Economic Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
• Dr Kathryn Nwajiaku, Head of the Secretariat of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, OECD
• Chaired by Rafat Ali Al-Akhali, former Minister Minister of Youth and Sports, Yemen and Fellow of Practice, Strategic Projects, Blavatnik School of Government

Please note that due to technical difficulties the recording of this session contains the Q&A only.

This is event was part of The Challenges of Government Conference, held on 19-20 May 2016 at the Blavatnik School of Government.

The Challenges of Government Conference is the Blavatnik School of Government’s annual high-level conference. Since 2011, the Challenges of Government Conference has been bringing together a global, multidisciplinary and cross-sector audience to Oxford. From rapid urbanisation to citizens activism, the Conference brings together the brightest minds in government, the private sector, and academia to discuss policies, strategies, and ultimately real-world solutions to some of the world’s toughest challenges.