As the unprecedented humanitarian and economic impacts of COVID-19 begin to be felt across poor and conflict-affected states, there is a risk that policymakers will lose focus on longer-term priorities—like conflict prevention and economic development. The scale of emergency aid that will be needed is becoming more clear, and the initial projections are staggering: the coronavirus is likely to cause the first increase in global poverty since 1998, with the share of the world’s population living on less than $1.90 per day estimated to surge to 665 million people, while the number of people facing hunger could double by the end of 2020, affecting 265 million. Despite the challenge of addressing these ballooning humanitarian needs, it would be a mistake to walk away from policy frameworks, like the Global Fragility Act (GFA), for tackling the underlying drivers of fragility.