Name and Period: _______________________________

Fragile State Index
Step 1: Go to fsi.fundforpeace.org

Step 2: With your group, pick two states.  One from the “Very High Alert thru Alert” and one from “Very Sustainable thru Stable.”  (Cannot be U.S. and Cannot be Chad  because I know ALL of you want to do Chad).  Pick whatever you want; there’s no “right” answer, go outside the box.

Step 3: Fill in the information below, become an expert on your two states. This uses a lot from Fouberg 328-338

Notes:  On the fsi.fundforpeace.org website, to the right, is the 2015 Report.  There is REALLY good information in there, use that to help you get started.  Find your country in it and you’ll probably find most of the information.   Use the links below to help: 

If a question has a * or multiple **’s look for a link to help you: 

*: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/177752/1/9789241509145_eng.pdf?ua=1 
(pages 56 in book or 64 on PDF, the chart alternatives use of sanitation facilities and drinking water sources)

**: http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_annex_en.pdf?ua=1 (page 10 of PDF, use the Overall health system performance) 

***:  (Literacy Rates) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2103.html

****:  (Malaria) http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world_malaria_report_2014/wmr-2014-
profiles.pdf?ua=1

*****:  (HIV AIDS) http://apps.who.int/gho/data/?theme=main&vid=22100

***** (Cholera) http://www.who.int/wer/2014/wer8931.pdf?ua=1
Measures:	Country 1: 	Country 2: 	
What is the HDI Index and Rank? 
http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI			
Social Conditions 			
Birth Rate			
Life Expectancy			
Access to Clean Drinking Water* (2015) Unimproved Total			
Use of Sanitation Facilities*
(2015) Total Improved & Open Defecation (List separate) 			
Access to Health Care**			
Literacy Rates*** (Give total and divide by Sex) 			
Access to electricity (look for % of Population)			
Access to the internet (look for % of population)			
Disease			
Malaria**** (Country isn’t listed if it doesn’t have Malaria) 
List the reported confirmed cases (Right side of chart)  Also, who is paying for the treatments? 			
Number of People with HIV/AIDS*****			
Cholera****** (Number of Cases)			
Political Instability 
	Take this information from FSI.com; “Download Data in Excel”	If it’s a # higher than 8, go Google it and figure out what is going on; take a few notes.	
Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Risk Ranking			
Human Flight (Refugees) 			
Public Services (Infrastructure) 			
Factionalized Elites (Power dynamic issues) 			

The Millennium Development Goals 
(Fouberg 328  you’ll need to know all 8)
•	Visit:  http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/  
•	Take a moment to read up on the Millennium Development Goals, Click the icons on the right. 
•	After reading up, go see what the WHO has to say:  http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/EN_WHS2015_Part1.pdf?ua=1
•	There is a chart at the end, see how your country is coming along with regards to the Millennium Development Goals listed.  It might take a moment, but make sure you understand what the chart is saying. 

Which goals has it not reached the target number:  ___________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Any goals they didn’t meet, but still had an improvement in overall amount: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Any goals that have not improved: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discuss how you think the barriers influence your countries achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: