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16 March 2022
War in Ukraine risks seeing 90 per cent of the country “freefall into poverty” and extreme vulnerability, nearly three weeks since Russia invaded its neighbour, a new UN report said on Wednesday.
UNDP warned )click here) that if the conflict drags on – and if more support to the country is not forthcoming quickly – it could wreck almost two decades of economic progress.
In addition to dire development setbacks, the UN agency explained that the environment is expected to suffer, while societal inequalities are likely increase....
March 16, 2022
The immediate humanitarian assistance (click here) to the people of Ukraine is of utmost importance and at the center of global attention. Early estimates by the Humanitarian Country Team indicate that nearly 30 percent of the population are likely to require life-saving humanitarian assistance. In its current scale and direction, 18 million people are projected to become affected and more than 7 million people internally displaced.
The development impacts of the war in Ukraine remain too much below the waterline of public visibility, in Ukraine, regionally and globally. Early UNDP projections suggest that already in the short- to medium term, the development setbacks for Ukraine will be significant. Poverty and inequalities will rise; the country’s economy, its social fabric, and the environment will suffer....
