Conflict and Fragile States Facts
- Fragility and conflict affect 45 countries. 34 are among the world’s poorest countries and 11 are middle-income countries.

- Fragile states are least likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goals as they have 50% higher prevalence of malnutrition, 20% higher child mortality, and 18% lower primary completion rates than the average low income country.

- While fragile states are home to only 19 percent of the population of IDA-eligible countries, they account for over one third of the extreme poor.

- The annual global cost of conflict is estimated to be around $100 billion.

- Recovering and rebuilding takes many years and the efforts don’t always succeed, 40% of post-conflict countries relapse into conflict within 10 years.

- Since 2000, the International Development Association (IDA) of the Bank has provided over $5.9 billion in post-conflict reconstruction assistance to fragile and conflict-affected countries.

- From July 2008 through March 2009, the Bank committed $964.6 million to fragile and post-conflict countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Burundi, Afghanistan, Haiti, and Togo.