The rise in the developing world's poverty rates over the past three months "is drastically faster than the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic," UNDP said, blaming the price surges in part on the war in Ukraine
United Nations, United States: Soaring global food and energy prices have forced 71 million people into poverty in the world's poorest countries, according to a United Nations Development Program report published Thursday.
The rise in the developing world's poverty rates over the past three months "is drastically faster than the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic," said the UNDP in a press release, blaming the price surges in part on the war in Ukraine.