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måndag, april 11, 2011

World Bank urges new focus on global development in fragile states

World Development Report 2011 warns that chronic cycles of criminal and political violence remain the biggest threats

The World Bank is calling for a new focus in global development efforts towards providing justice, law and order to the estimated 1.5 billion people living in fragile and failed states.

In its World Development Report 2011, the bank warns that one of the biggest threats to development in the 21st century is chronic insecurity caused by cycles of criminal and political violence that defy easy answers.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/worldbank

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