**Pakistan and Afghanistan are among the world’s top 10 most vulnerable states, according to a new study. **
The report - compiled by the US Foreign Policy magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think-tank - ranked 146 nations according to their viability.
Judged according to 12 criteria, including human flight and economic decline, states range from the most failed, Sudan, to the least, Norway.
Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are rated 19th, 20th and 25th respectively.
The top 60 positions in the list were occupied almost exclusively by African, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries. India was ranked 93rd, Bhutan came 39th and the Maldives were not mentioned.
Re: Pakistan 'is a top failed state'
Continuous army takeovers, no cross-checking institution (govt level), govt controlled justice system are the reason behind the failures so far.
Why is Pakistan a “Failed State”?
Why is Pakistan a “Failed State”?
Pakistan ‘is a top failed state’
The report - compiled by the US Foreign Policy magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think-tank - ranked 146 nations according to their viability.
Judged according to 12 criteria, including human flight and economic decline, states range from the most failed, Sudan, to the least, Norway
Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are rated 19th, 20th and 25th respectively.
The top 60 positions in the list were occupied almost exclusively by African, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries.
India was ranked 93rd, Bhutan came 39th and the Maldives were not mentioned.
Internal conflicts
The second annual “failed states index” was based on “tens of thousands of articles” from different sources gathered over several months in 2005 and reviewed by experts, its authors said.
FAILED STATES 2006 - TOP 10
- Sudan (3)*
- DR Congo (2)*
- Ivory Coast (1)*
- Iraq (4)*
- Zimbabwe (15)*
- Chad (7)*
(Tie) Somalia(5)* - Haiti (10)*
- Pakistan (34)*
10 Afghanistan (11)*
Position in 2005 report
Sudan tops ‘failed states index’
Do you live in a failed state?
Each nation was given an overall score based on the 12 criteria:
mounting demographic pressures
massive movement of refugees and internally displaced peoples
legacy of vengeance - seeking group grievance
chronic and sustained human flight
uneven economic development along group lines
sharp and/or severe economic decline
criminalisation and delegitimisation of the state
progressive deterioration of public services
widespread violation
security apparatus as “state within a state”
rise of factionalised elites
intervention of other states or external actors
Pakistan’s ‘plunge’
Pakistan moved from 34th last year to ninth in the new report - one of the sharpest changes in the overall score of any country on the list.
The contributing factors were Pakistan’s inability to police the tribal areas near the Afghan border, the devastating earthquake last October in Kashmir and rising ethnic tensions, the report said.
Afghanistan, ranked 10th, faces different problems from Iraq, which despite the presence of US-led troops came fourth, the report said.
Educated exiled Afghans had been slow to go home following the ousting of the Taleban in 2001, but poor refugees had returned from Pakistan and Iran in large numbers, the study said.
“The result is a capital city busting at the seams but short of trained administrators.”
India might have the edge over China (57) in the long run, the report’s authors suggested.
Pauline Baker, president of the Fund for Peace, told the Associated Press news agency that India had greater social mobility and was more decentralised than its more populous neighbour.
Re: Why is Pakistan a "Failed State"?
dats nastyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Re: Why is Pakistan a "Failed State"?
I am a secular minded person, and would prefer living in india as oppose to Pakistan,but I don't know how they came up with that finding...economy is doing well here...in 2005 it experienced the second highest growth rate in the world,second only to china...stock market is also doing pretty well,foreign reserves are at an all time high,unemployment and crime rates are down from where what they were in the 90s.
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Some of the criteria such as "sharp economic decline" doesnt seem to fit, as the economy is growing at 6-7% at the moment. But we do lack any democratic integrity and do have ethnic conflict.
Its worrying.
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I believe this exposes the criteria and ranking system they used. "Tribal" areas were NEVER policed or under Pakistani govt control and there was a time whem a tribe almost took over big chunk in that region demanding Shariah implementation, even then Pakistan was not put in top 10 failed states.
The fact that Pakistan's economy has grown, crime is definitely down compared to last decade, justice system is ridiculously same as before (no change) hence I do not believe Pakistan should be in top 10.
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Pauline Baker, president of the Fund for Peace, told the Associated Press news agency that India had greater social mobility and was more decentralised than its more populous neighbour.
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I believe this is another makhan maaring :D
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I believe this thread belongs here as intent is discussion of Pakistan as "failed" or otherwise state.
Re: Why is Pakistan a “Failed State”?
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3420&page=1
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I don't agree with the report, Pakistan should not have been in the top 10 list, Pakistan has improved alot and its economy is growing
ok there are certain areas which needs to be looked at but not every country is perfect. The author of this report should visit Pakistan and then decide.
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I don't believe for once that Pakistan is a failed state, Pakistan is doing well under this government then it had under Bhutto and Sharif.
USA should be placed no1 in the the report for leading the world towards destruction.
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The report whilst containing some silly things, does explain its rankings. We lost points for the tribal beef, the displacement due to Quake (no one's fault) and the ethnic tensions.
All these are genuine issues.
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The rate at which this failed state mantra is repeated and drummed down our ears day after day, year after year, even the most steadfast of the Pakistanis would give up any hope.
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I still don’t think that things have gone SOOOO wrong to drop Pakistan from 36 to number 9 in last one year . Earthquake and “crackdown” are the only two changes from last year to this year in Pakistan (the downside) while the economy has gone up and crimes down (the up side).
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All these are genuine issues.
But when one says "failed" state it implys that govt was responsible for such. Govt is responsible for "tribal beef" but not for the quake (which was much larger than other factors).
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Yes qyake forced IDP's was the biggest reason Pak fell so sharply. No one can be balmed for that. It took 9.5 points from the score or something.
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What we should take from all these proclamations is a desire to change the setup and "army knows best" routine. It should not be a means to lose hope.
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While some of the issues pointed out have merit but I think the report is on it's own misleading..again people have been writing off Pakistans existence almost non stop ever since august 1947..and in far worse conditions.
Even the Waziristan issue and Baluchistan one (the quake issue has been addressed) are not seccesionist movements ..except for the radical fringe group even people like Bugti have argued for autonomy within Pakistan and not separation..while our leaderships ignore those issues..very few groups have reached the point where they have taken up arms. With regard to the judiciary and the role of the ISI ..as well as the de legitimisation of the state..these issues have been around for decades the difference being with the media liberalisation they have come out in the open. The ISI's role is in fact less aggressive than it used to be..although that is in part because of civil societies weakness.
Re: Why is Pakistan a "Failed State"?
The biggest reason is the ethnic inequity in the federation due to lack of democratic institutions.
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Any report that places Afghanistan in a better shape than Pakistan has no friggin idea about the region. These sorry @r$es need to get off of comfy seats and see the country before issuing $tupid verdicts.