Peacekeeping promotes violence

[Jester]

The reality is that most that we can do will make the situation worse. What needs to be done (education, mostly) we can't even seem to do for ourselves.

Chickens 'n eggs. An educational system won't function without the incentive to use it. People have no incentive to send their kids to school, nor kids to pay attention in class, if everyone knows that the best prospects for earning a living are to work for the local warlord, who either doesn't care if you're educated, or perhaps prefers it if you aren't. If an education doesn't lead to a good job, why waste your time at it, especially if your family is on the brink of starvation anyway?

Development is a tricky thing, but this much is clear to me: there have to be incentives and programs working together.

-Jester