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Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book, 2007 - Trade, Aid and Security: an agenda for peace and development
Most conflicts nowadays are within states - poor states - and most victims are civilians, not soldiers. Rather than focusing solely on reactive responses to conflict, we need to consider how current policies can have a negative effect - in fact, how they can systematically undermine peace and development. Trade and aid policies are two of the areas that require our attention most. Powerful conduits for money, technology, ideas and influence, they both reflect and reinforce global power disparities and, if poorly designed and managed, can undermine economic and political stability.
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