Here's a New York Times Opinion article on development and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
"Realistically, some nations may be beyond help at this point because they are so deeply mired in war and other conflicts. Without peace and better political leadership, it is hard to anticipate big gains in development in places like Iraq, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo."
"Realistically, some nations may be beyond help at this point because they are so deeply mired in war and other conflicts. Without peace and better political leadership, it is hard to anticipate big gains in development in places like Iraq, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo."
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/opinion/an-ambitious-development-agenda-from-the-un.html