Making choices freely can be impaired by personal insecurity and fear of violence. Violence is also associated with high poverty and inequality. Women and sexual, ethnic and religious minorities—as well as other groups and communities that face social discrimination—are more likely to experience personal insecurity and threats of violence, perceived or actual. A lack of social cohesion coupled with high inequality threatens human development achievements by skewing institutions and eroding the social contract.3 Beyond a certain threshold, inequality exacerbates rent-seeking, which impedes growth, slows poverty reduction and limits the quality of social and political engagement.