%T Aid to fragile and conflict-affected countries: a review of the literature and Australia’s approach %A John Eyers %I Crawford School of Public Policy %D 2012 %K International relations, %K World politics, %K Human rights, %K National security, %K Conflict management %U https://apo.org.au/node/30217 %X Fragile states are those characterised by problems of weak governance or of conflict, internal or cross-border. They are also described, less crisply but more carefully, as countries in fragile and conflict-affected situations – hence the acronym used in this paper, FCA countries. %9 Literature review