![]() ![]() ![]() Changes in real incomes generated by trade are particularly important in fragile states, where trade flows tend to be larger and more volatile than other external flows, such as aid, remittances and foreign investment. However, changes in relative prices as a result of trade can also destroy opportunities and jobs in declining sectors, and the people affected by these losses may, under certain conditions, turn to violence as a source of income. Trade encourages the reallocation of resources to more efficient activities, and thus opens up opportunities and creates jobs. Trade and trade policy can greatly affect the risk of conflict. ![]() In addition to exacting a huge toll on human life, civil conflicts cause protracted, severe disruption of economic activities and infrastructure, and are key constraints to development in many countries. By 2015 most of the world’s poor are expected to live in fragile countries, and most of these countries are affected by civil conflicts. In the past 30 years the world has become much less poor everywhere except in fragile countries. Democratic Republic of Congo - Français. ![]()
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