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Conflicts, particularly repetitive, do not allow countries to escape poverty and violence. Children living in the so-called "fragile states" are twice as often malnourished and their chances to get an education are three times lower than that of other children. Where violence is the norm, poverty rates grow by 20%. This is the lesson of the last World Bank report, entitled "Conflict, Security and Development". According to its authors, from conflict or suffering the consequences today, at least half a million people.
On the nature of contemporary conflicts and how they can be overcome, Elena Vapnichnaya questioned World Bank consultant, lecturer at the American University Ekaterina Romanova.
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