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This post originally appeared on the World Bank's Conflict & Development Blog on October 14, 2010. Esabel Khoury co-authored this post. After months ...

Violence is the antithesis of development. It tears down what's been built up. It destroys lives, shortens horizons, and inflicts huge psychological and physical pain.

As governments in Afghanistan and other fragile states pursue the tortuous business of reform, they cannot rely on promises of better security, improved livelihoods and more social justice to impose their own logic on people's minds.

I visited Haiti just before Christmas with Nik Win Myint from the WDR team. I talked to community groups in some of the slums that have been most rava...

Yemen is in trouble. A worrying mix of security-related and economic crises has the potential to destabilize the country.

Urban violence has reached unprecedented levels in many cities around the world, destabilizing whole societies and making life miserable for its victims. I visited Nairobi's Mathare slum.

Haiti was on a slow road to recovery when the quake hit. For many Haitians their nation's double tragedy is far from over. Although there are signs of hope and improvement.

This month Congress passed the Wall Street reform bill with the inclusion of a key provision on conflict minerals, which is designed to help decrease ...

Once economic necessity lowers cultural barriers, women can use the opportunity to renegotiate power relations within the household and the community.

This guest post was written by World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin and originally appeared on the World Development R...

Amidst the cheers at the World Cup kick-off on Friday we should not forget the sheer power of sport in South Africa's history.