UNDP = United Nations Development Program has compiled a report on the impact of rising energy and food prices in the Ukrainian situation on developing countries, and about 71 million new people will be in poverty in three months in Central Asia and elsewhere. He points out that he has fallen and is calling for support from the international community.

According to a report released by UNDP on the 7th, rising energy and food prices due to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine may have a serious impact on the lives of the poor in developing countries. increase.



Especially in Central Asia, which is geographically close to Russia and Ukraine, and in African countries that rely on imports for food, the lives of citizens are being squeezed, and the government is in financial difficulty and cannot take sufficient measures. about it.



He points out that in the three months since March, around these countries, about 71 million new people have fallen into poverty, living on less than $ 3.2 a day.



"All developing countries are facing a crisis of being left out of the world as they struggle to respond to rising food prices and the energy crisis, in addition to pandemics and heavy debt," UNDP Governor Steiner said. We are calling on the international community for support such as deferring debt repayment.