A report from the U.N. Development Program warns that while many countries are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the poorest nations are seeing conditions worsen, leading to a widening global development gap. The report highlights that after two decades of progress, rich and poor countries are now drifting apart. The Human Development Index is projected to reach record highs in 2023, but half of the world's poorest countries still lag behind pre-pandemic levels.
Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing conditions deteriorating, a report from the U.N. Development Progam said Wednesday. Achim Steiner, head of the agency, said that after two decades during which rich and poor countries were coming closer in terms of development, the finding is “a very strong warning signal” that nations are now drifting apart.
The Human Development Index that the agency has produced since 1990 is projected to reach record highs in 2023 after steep declines during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.But development in half of the world’s poorest countries remains below 2019 pre-pandemic levels, the report said.very unequal , partially incomplete ways,” Steiner said at a news conference. “Why does this matter? Not only because it creates more vulnerability, it creates also more misery and protracted poverty, growing inequalit
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