The Independent reports on the global economic fallout from the ongoing US‑Israel war on Iran, highlighting significant implications for food security and poverty, with reference to IFPRI analysis:
“The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) notes how higher fuel and fertiliser prices will dent the national GDP of reliant countries, in particular Vietnam (-0.8%), Mozambique (-0.6%), Senegal and Rwanda (both -0.5%).
Poverty rates are expected to rise, especially in Cambodia, Senegal, Tanzania and Nigeria, driving tens of millions deeper into poverty, IFPRI research states.”
Read the article. (Also republished on AOL and Yahoo News UK)
Read our recent blog post by James Thurlow and Eleanor Jones which this publication draws upon: Country-level analysis: Iran War increasing global poverty and food insecurity