Foreign Affairs committee  One thing we wanted to make clear today is that we should turn on its head the idea of fragility and see, whether in a middle-income or a low-income country, what addressing it means, and see that the way it is going to impact the world, moving forward, is critical. We spoke today about how violence in countries that we see as middle income is causing mass displacement into other countries.

Foreign Affairs committee  At World Vision, we support almost a hundred countries globally, and it is important for us to look at a constant profiling of these countries to understand better the vulnerabilities and what types of challenges they're experiencing. Within that profiling, then, when we look at a range of countries, from the most fragile to countries that are regarded as emerging markets, we're also looking at a fragility index to see how we would rate fragility for the countries that have particular indicators.

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon. I am Rachel Logel Carmichael. I'm a team leader for the international programs team.