Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“More than one billion people live in acute poverty, with nearly half of them in countries experiencing conflict, according to a new United Nations report. Countries at war have higher levels of deprivation across all indicators of ‘multidimensional poverty,’ according to an index published on Thursday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), reporting ‘markedly more severe’ disparities in nutrition, access to electricity, and access to water and sanitation. Research across 112 countries and 6.3 billion people revealed that 1.1 billion people endure poverty, with 455 million of them living ‘in the shadow of conflict,’ according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index.” (10/17/24)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/17/un-report-says-1-1-billion-people-living-in-acute-poverty