In some cases, before specific development projects or programs can succeed, aid is needed to help countries build the institutions that are indispensable for the functioning of nation-states.
Mr. Barnett's "new map" split the world into two basic categories: a "functioning core" of nations that are plugged into the global economy, and a "nonintegrating gap" of countries — in the Middle East, Latin America and elsewhere — that are chaotic and dangerous because they are cut off from the world's established markets and institutions.
He recognised a shift in the function of nation-states, from the provision of rights to that of services, which transcend constitutional jurisdictions.
These countries exhibit higher levels of labour market poverty compared to other clusters, and have long histories of wars, natural disasters, and epidemics which undermine the functioning of the nation state.
If Somalia indeed has a chance to rejoin the community of functioning nations — and if Al Shabab is genuinely in retreat — it will be largely thanks to Kenya.
Perhaps more important, that market is critical to the functioning of the nation's banking system and to the monetary policy operations of the Federal Reserve.
Mr. Grobe said the goal was to make fire rules more "risk informed," focusing on the precise locations and systems that matter most to the functioning of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors.
Nevertheless, at a time when an uncommonly high number of judicial vacancies is threatening the sound functioning of the nation's courts, Senate Republicans are persisting in playing an obstructionist game.
There is currently an uncommonly high number of judicial vacancies which threatens the functioning of the nation's courts while Senate Republicans are persisting in playing an obstructionist game -- even though they threatened to ban filibusters if they did not get an up-or-down vote on every one of President George W. Bush's nominees, including some highly problematic ones.
This vision of public libraries as an essential part of a functioning literate nation was lost here before we realised it was gone.
