Jakkie Cilliers on Fragile States by IMF Podcasts published on 2015-04-24T16:50:24Z More Than 1 billion people live in countries affected by fragility. Fragile states are often confronted with political instability or conflict, inadequate public services, and lack of economic opportunities. Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance of Rwanda Kaifala Marah, Minister of Finance and Economic Development in Sierra Leone Genre Fragile States