New UN report: Impacts of war have set back development in Gaza by as much as 69 years
A new assessment that the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) launched today estimates that poverty in the State of Palestine will rise to 74.
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says
The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, with quality of life indicators such as health and education knocked back 70 years,
Palestine poverty rate rockets as war knocks Gaza development back to 1955
The poverty rate across the Palestinian territories will almost double this year to 74.3% after months of relentless attacks by Israel on Gaza,
UN report: Gaza war could set back Palestinian development to 1950s
Gaza Development in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank could be set back decades according to a new UN report, which provides details of the economic devastation after a year of catastrophic war.
War knocked human development in Gaza back to 1955, UNDP says
The war in Gaza has devastated the Palestinian economy, which is now 35% smaller than it was at the start of Israel's invasion a year ago, while development levels in Gaza itself have collapsed to the level of the 1950s,
Israel’s war on Gaza has set development back by 69 years, UN says
UNDP assessment says poverty will cross 74 percent in 2024, affecting 4.1 million people, in the Palestinian territory.
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