Without peace and stability, there are impediments to solving every other challenge that we look at in the Copenhagen Consensus 2012 series. Armed conflict is a major global problem that disproportionately affects the world’s poorest. Not a single low-income country afflicted by violence has achieved even one of the eight Millennium Development goals.
Stability brings foreign investment which takes nations out of poverty. Giving them a job disparages against criminality, giving them an education leads them towards more complex jobs, foreign investment is a win for both countries: poorer countries get jobs, less corruption than at a local level (Salaries of intnl companiss also tend to exceed local companies by a large margin). Companies are risk averse, they don't invest in desstabilised countries. Look at china now: from extreme poverty to half the population existing in the middle class
