{"id":50828,"date":"2026-04-14T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50828"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:54:59","slug":"war-is-development-in-reverse-undp-chief-tells-france-24-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50828","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;War is development in reverse&#8217; UNDP chief tells France 24 &#8211; Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-bf5521e7-56e9-446f-8879-55ea31ac1eb5=\"\" data-wrapper-video-player=\"\" data-show-hidden-video-player=\"BF5521E7-56E9-446F-8879-55EA31AC1EB5\" data-autoplay-video-link=\"\" data-youtube-script=\"\">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-check\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-check\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-check\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<i class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-edit\"\/><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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22:57<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-replay\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-replay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-replay\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n                            07:01 min\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/business\/\" class=\"t-content__program m-program\"><\/p>\n<p>From the show<\/p>\n<p>                                        <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-caret-right a-svg--rotate-minus-90\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-caret-down\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n  <\/svg><\/p>\n<picture class=\"a-picture a-picture--original\">\n    <img fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/6daaaf5a-0eb2-11ee-818e-005056bf30b7\/EN-business-daily.svg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/6daaaf5a-0eb2-11ee-818e-005056bf30b7\/EN-business-daily.svg\" alt=\"Business\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"a-img  a-img--svg\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                        <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-clock\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-clock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-clock\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"t-content__reading-time__label\">Reading time<\/span><br \/>\n                        1 min<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                                Amid uncertainty around the war in Iran, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for the global economy under three different scenarios depending on how long the conflict would last.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the United Nations Development Programme is warning that even if hostilities were to end today, the war could push more than 32 million people around the world into poverty by a &#8216;triple shock&#8217; 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