Comment by InclinedPlane

Imagine two scenarios. On the one hand you have a Bangladesh as it exists today struggling against, say, flooding or drought or brownouts. On the other hand you have a Bangladesh that is industrially developed and wealthy (say, as wealthy and developed as South Korea is today). Obviously a wealthy and developed country is going to be better able to deal with such problems, and is going to make it less likely that war or famine result from disasters or adversities.