How can policy makers, practitioners, and the investment community leverage the State Resilience Index to achieve better outcomes in improving peace and stability outcomes and advancing foreign direct investment?

The Fund for Peace (FFP) released the State Resilience Index in 2022, aiming to transform international development by focusing on strengths rather than problems. This index, expected to rival FFP’s Fragile States Index, requires improvements in data collection, localization, automation, and promotion of resilience-focused programming. Through collaboration with i-Lab students, FFP seeks to address these priorities to enhance the index’s reliability and influence. Ultimately, this effort aims to guide evidence-based decision-making, promote investment in resilience strengthening, and gain trust among decision makers for global resilience-strengthening investments.