Yiagadeesen Samy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3046878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yiagadeesen Samy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yiagadeesen |
| FAMILY NAME | Samy |
| SIGNATURE | SAMY Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7949-9064 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
International Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy
SDG16+ implementation in fragile and conflict-affected states
SDG16+ on peaceful societies, justice and strong institutions is often presented as a ‘strategic lever’ to enable the implementation of other SDGs, hence the ‘+’ often added to that goal. This is especially the case in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) where violence and weak governance are seen as major constraints on development. Six years into Agenda 2030, this paper triangulates official reports such as Voluntary National Reviews, a…
International Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy
Exiting the Fragility Trap
Aid Targeting to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Implications for Aid Effectiveness
While significant amounts of foreign aid have been allocated to the group of so-called fragile and conflict-affected states in recent years, it is not clear whether that aid is targeted to where it is most needed. This article extends recent work by Carment and Samy (2017, in press), and focuses on aid targeting in fragile states by using the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy fragility index together with sectoral aid flows from the OECD Cred…
Typology of State Types
Research on state fragility has seldom examined questions of persistence and transition of states. We develop a sixfold typology of states to examine how key structural features of states evolve and contribute to successful exits from fragility in some cases and persistence in others. Particularly worrisome is the lack of positive transition among the weakest states. Our findings are derived from a minimalist construct of a refined time series da…
An examination of bilateral donor performance and progress under the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
This article examines aid effectiveness across bilateral donors using data from the 2011 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. We find that, while several donors, including Canada, improved their performance from 2005 to 2010, many did not meet their targets. To determine whether the Paris Declaration mattered, we test several hypotheses derived from the “international norms and discourse” pathway that Bernstein and Cas…
Towards a theory of fragile state transitions
This article uses the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) fragile states framework to evaluate fragile state transitions. Our objective is to find out why some states considered fragile have recovered, while others remain fragile for long periods. We identify three categories of countries: those in a fragility trap, those that have exited it, and those that fluctuate between fragility and stability. CIFP data are used to examine state tr…
Prediction of Intrastate Conflict Using State Structural Factors and Events Data
The primary objective of this article is to advance the development of early warning of intrastate conflict by combining country-level structural and events data in a logistic regression model calibrated and validated using split-sample cases. Intrastate conflict is defined by the occurrence of one or more highly destabilizing events collectively termed a crisis of interest (COI). Two separate two-year periods between 1990 and 2005 were examined …
Diasporas, Remittances and State Fragility
The growing prominence of diaspora communities around the world has led to increased recognition of the role they play in the domestic affairs of their respective homelands. Current research in the field of ethnic conflict has begun to focus on transnational ethnic linkages, identifying and analysing a wide range of processes through which they affect political and social outcomes. However, the overall impact of these relationships on civil confl…
China's Aid Policies in Africa
Since the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China–Africa Co-operation in 2006, China's renewed interest in Africa has garnered a lot of attention and generated a lot of debate. Western media and analysts have, perhaps not surprisingly, been generally very critical of China's rising influence in Africa. The African reaction, however, has been more mixed. African leaders have welcomed what they see as a new approach to development and increased potent…
Reexamining the Effect of Democratic Institutions on Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
Journal Article Reexamining the Effect of Democratic Institutions on Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries Get access Seung-Whan Choi, Seung-Whan Choi University of Illinois at Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yiagadeesen Samy Yiagadeesen Samy Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 4, Issue 1…
State Fragility and Implications for Aid Allocation
In recent years, state fragility has gained importance as a result of the perceived links between poverty, conflict, and global terrorism. In this paper, we examine the relationship between state fragility and aid by evaluating the literature and research programs currently extant. We bring conceptual clarity to the issue by developing and testing an alternative theoretical framework using CIFP's fragility index (articulated around the concepts o…
Debt, Debt Relief and the Poorest
(2001). Debt, Debt Relief and the Poorest: Small Steps in a Long Journey. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'etudes du developpement: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 289-295
L'endettement et l'allégement de la dette des pays les plus pauvres
(2001). L'endettement et l'allégement de la dette des pays les plus pauvres: de petits progrès dans un long cheminement. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 297-304
Reexamining the Effect of Democratic Institutions on Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
Journal Article Reexamining the Effect of Democratic Institutions on Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries Get access Seung-Whan Choi, Seung-Whan Choi University of Illinois at Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yiagadeesen Samy Yiagadeesen Samy Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 4, Issue 1…
State Fragility and Implications for Aid Allocation
In recent years, state fragility has gained importance as a result of the perceived links between poverty, conflict, and global terrorism. In this paper, we examine the relationship between state fragility and aid by evaluating the literature and research programs currently extant. We bring conceptual clarity to the issue by developing and testing an alternative theoretical framework using CIFP's fragility index (articulated around the concepts o…
China's Aid Policies in Africa
Since the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China–Africa Co-operation in 2006, China's renewed interest in Africa has garnered a lot of attention and generated a lot of debate. Western media and analysts have, perhaps not surprisingly, been generally very critical of China's rising influence in Africa. The African reaction, however, has been more mixed. African leaders have welcomed what they see as a new approach to development and increased potent…
Prediction of Intrastate Conflict Using State Structural Factors and Events Data
The primary objective of this article is to advance the development of early warning of intrastate conflict by combining country-level structural and events data in a logistic regression model calibrated and validated using split-sample cases. Intrastate conflict is defined by the occurrence of one or more highly destabilizing events collectively termed a crisis of interest (COI). Two separate two-year periods between 1990 and 2005 were examined …
Diasporas, Remittances and State Fragility
The growing prominence of diaspora communities around the world has led to increased recognition of the role they play in the domestic affairs of their respective homelands. Current research in the field of ethnic conflict has begun to focus on transnational ethnic linkages, identifying and analysing a wide range of processes through which they affect political and social outcomes. However, the overall impact of these relationships on civil confl…
Typology of State Types
Research on state fragility has seldom examined questions of persistence and transition of states. We develop a sixfold typology of states to examine how key structural features of states evolve and contribute to successful exits from fragility in some cases and persistence in others. Particularly worrisome is the lack of positive transition among the weakest states. Our findings are derived from a minimalist construct of a refined time series da…
An examination of bilateral donor performance and progress under the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
This article examines aid effectiveness across bilateral donors using data from the 2011 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. We find that, while several donors, including Canada, improved their performance from 2005 to 2010, many did not meet their targets. To determine whether the Paris Declaration mattered, we test several hypotheses derived from the “international norms and discourse” pathway that Bernstein and Cas…
Debt, Debt Relief and the Poorest
(2001). Debt, Debt Relief and the Poorest: Small Steps in a Long Journey. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'etudes du developpement: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 289-295
L'endettement et l'allégement de la dette des pays les plus pauvres
(2001). L'endettement et l'allégement de la dette des pays les plus pauvres: de petits progrès dans un long cheminement. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 297-304
Reexamining the Effect of Democratic Institutions on Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
Journal Article Reexamining the Effect of Democratic Institutions on Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries Get access Seung-Whan Choi, Seung-Whan Choi University of Illinois at Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yiagadeesen Samy Yiagadeesen Samy Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 4, Issue 1…
State Fragility and Implications for Aid Allocation
In recent years, state fragility has gained importance as a result of the perceived links between poverty, conflict, and global terrorism. In this paper, we examine the relationship between state fragility and aid by evaluating the literature and research programs currently extant. We bring conceptual clarity to the issue by developing and testing an alternative theoretical framework using CIFP's fragility index (articulated around the concepts o…
China's Aid Policies in Africa
Since the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China–Africa Co-operation in 2006, China's renewed interest in Africa has garnered a lot of attention and generated a lot of debate. Western media and analysts have, perhaps not surprisingly, been generally very critical of China's rising influence in Africa. The African reaction, however, has been more mixed. African leaders have welcomed what they see as a new approach to development and increased potent…
Diasporas, Remittances and State Fragility
The growing prominence of diaspora communities around the world has led to increased recognition of the role they play in the domestic affairs of their respective homelands. Current research in the field of ethnic conflict has begun to focus on transnational ethnic linkages, identifying and analysing a wide range of processes through which they affect political and social outcomes. However, the overall impact of these relationships on civil confl…
Prediction of Intrastate Conflict Using State Structural Factors and Events Data
The primary objective of this article is to advance the development of early warning of intrastate conflict by combining country-level structural and events data in a logistic regression model calibrated and validated using split-sample cases. Intrastate conflict is defined by the occurrence of one or more highly destabilizing events collectively termed a crisis of interest (COI). Two separate two-year periods between 1990 and 2005 were examined …
Typology of State Types
Research on state fragility has seldom examined questions of persistence and transition of states. We develop a sixfold typology of states to examine how key structural features of states evolve and contribute to successful exits from fragility in some cases and persistence in others. Particularly worrisome is the lack of positive transition among the weakest states. Our findings are derived from a minimalist construct of a refined time series da…
An examination of bilateral donor performance and progress under the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
This article examines aid effectiveness across bilateral donors using data from the 2011 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. We find that, while several donors, including Canada, improved their performance from 2005 to 2010, many did not meet their targets. To determine whether the Paris Declaration mattered, we test several hypotheses derived from the “international norms and discourse” pathway that Bernstein and Cas…
Towards a theory of fragile state transitions
This article uses the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) fragile states framework to evaluate fragile state transitions. Our objective is to find out why some states considered fragile have recovered, while others remain fragile for long periods. We identify three categories of countries: those in a fragility trap, those that have exited it, and those that fluctuate between fragility and stability. CIFP data are used to examine state tr…
Exiting the Fragility Trap
Aid Targeting to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Implications for Aid Effectiveness
While significant amounts of foreign aid have been allocated to the group of so-called fragile and conflict-affected states in recent years, it is not clear whether that aid is targeted to where it is most needed. This article extends recent work by Carment and Samy (2017, in press), and focuses on aid targeting in fragile states by using the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy fragility index together with sectoral aid flows from the OECD Cred…
International Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy
International Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy
SDG16+ implementation in fragile and conflict-affected states
SDG16+ on peaceful societies, justice and strong institutions is often presented as a ‘strategic lever’ to enable the implementation of other SDGs, hence the ‘+’ often added to that goal. This is especially the case in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) where violence and weak governance are seen as major constraints on development. Six years into Agenda 2030, this paper triangulates official reports such as Voluntary National Reviews, a…
Political science (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · International Development and Aid (9 works) · Fragility (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works)