{"id":164293,"date":"2025-02-13T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&#038;p=164293"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:13:27","slug":"new-analysis-conflict-response-is-100-times-more-costly-than-conflict-prevention","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/new-analysis-conflict-response-is-100-times-more-costly-than-conflict-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"New Analysis: Conflict Response is 100 Times More Costly than Conflict Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/securityconference.org\/en\/\">Munich Security Conference<\/a>, ONE&nbsp; released <a href=\"https:\/\/data.one.org\/data-dives\/conflict-prevention-less-costly\/\">new analysis<\/a> highlighting that every $1 spent on development saves up to $103 in future crisis response costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conflict prevention is not just the right thing to do, it\u2019s also smart economics.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economicsandpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GPI-2024-briefing-web.pdf\"><strong>In 2023 alone, conflicts cost the global economy $19.1 trillion<\/strong><\/a><strong>, more than half the entire annual GDP of the United States. <\/strong>That is an estimated cost of $2,380 for every person on the planet. The data, based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) research, demonstrates that development programs supporting global health security and economic growth are a smart, more cost-effective strategy to prevent conflicts, resulting in saved lives, stabilized economies, and reduced need for costly military interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin: 1rem 0\">\n<iframe src='https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/21618242\/embed' class='flourish-embed-iframe' frameborder='0' width=\"100%\" height=\"600px\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe strongest investment in peace and security is development,\u201d <strong>said Sarah Massey, Senior Director of Strategic Communications at ONE<\/strong>. \u201cDevelopment programs have long been the cornerstone of a successful foreign policy strategy, not only do they build partnerships with key allies on the ground, they save lives and help avoid costly wars and conflicts. The numbers don\u2019t lie: investments in development save lives and money. If we are serious about global stability, then investing in development is common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign assistance must be an integral part of US national security strategy, both to prevent conflict and to counter the influence of American adversaries. Authoritarian regimes around the world have celebrated the recent interruption of US foreign assistance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Russian political figures called it a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MedvedevRussiaE\/status\/1886330971160518961\">smart move<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Russia_called_USAID_Destroyed.pdf\">so significant it is hard to comprehend<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media outlets in Iran said the US was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/usaid-foreign-aid-trump-dictators-freeze-de4b211931515315ef699c8fc7d37239\">treating its allies like \u201cdisposable tissues.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where the US is stepping back, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2025\/02\/10\/as-usaid-retreats-china-pounces-00195922\">China sees an opportunity<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Strategic investments in development save lives, promote security, and help avert future costly crises. <strong>ONE urges policymakers to protect key foreign and development assistance <\/strong>by prioritizing programs like PEPFAR that save lives and promote peace and stability and supporting programs that promote economic growth, and policies that lower the cost of capital.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Ahead of the Munich Security Conference, ONE&nbsp; released new analysis highlighting that every $1 spent on development saves up to $103 in future crisis response costs. 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