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VideoJuly 15, 2025

Global Economic Prospects: Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities

Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty faster than anywhere else, intensifying acute hunger, and pushing several key development goals farther out of reach, according to the World Bank’s first comprehensive assessment of their plight in the aftermath of COVID-19. Learn more from Dana Vorisek, Lead Economist with the World Bank's Prospects Group.