Click here to hear an audio clip from this speech. Click here to read the transcript from Emmy Simmons' speech. Certainly, programs can affect incentives and costs of conflict.
External assistance is never neutral.
Incentives for conflict include the potential for increased power, personal income, gaining access to material wealth, etc. We know much about economic growth and EG programming in general. There have been many successes, and we have a substantial list of lessons. For one, a financially weak government is a reflection of weak governance. We are very aware of our ineffectiveness in certain environments.