Modern international reports warn that the continuation of the ongoing conflict in Yemen can lead to a new escalation of the poverty level and transform it from the poorest country in the region of the Middle East and North Africa in the poorest countries around the world.
In this context, the Economic and Social Committee of the United Nations in West Asia (Escwa) revealed that Yemen is still suffering from a high level of multidimensional poverty, emphasizing that no progress has been mentioned in a reduction in this phenomenon over the past decade as a result of the ongoing struggle and its catastrophic consequences.
The UN Economic Committee in a recent report confirmed that Yemen is coming to the list of three -governing Arab countries along with Mauritania and Komuros; Where poverty indicators are still high, despite some wonderful progress in other countries during the period between 2013 and 2023.
According to the ESCWA report, multidimensional poverty in Yemen varyed from 37 to 38 percent, while the severity of poverty continued to exceed 50 percent, which reflects the depth of the social and economic crisis from which the population suffers.
According to the report, the war has lasted since 2015 in order to impede the development and destructive humanitarian emergency, as well as the movement of a large number of families in Yemen and the destruction of food baskets, in addition to the destruction of vital structures.
The most fragile
In connection with warnings about the threat of deterioration of economic deterioration, the World Bank said that Yemen is one of the 8 most fragile Arab countries as a result of continuing conflicts, showing that the individual’s economic product decreased by 1.8 percent a year from the moment of the outbreak of war, in a dangerous recognition of continuous economic and lively collapse.
According to a recent study by the World Bank, which included 39 countries of the world, including Yemen, he warned that countries affected by conflicts such as Yemen are faced with long -term problems that threaten the future of complete generations.
An international study confirmed that Yemen is still suffering from deterioration in infrastructure, government weaknesses and low levels of education. He explained that the middle years of education in these countries, including Yemen, do not exceed 6 years, that is, three years less compared to their analogues in low and medium income countries.
The conflict countries, including Yemen, have witnessed a cumulative reduction in GDP by 20 percent over 5 years of the beginning of the conflict. The high rates of conflicts exacerbate the hungry crisis in these areas.
The World Bank emphasized that the average age expected in these countries is five years less, and that the mortality rate from infants is twice the colleague in low and average income countries, which is a clear sign of the seriousness of the worsening and humanitarian situation in the country.
The study warned that the ongoing conflicts in these countries accelerate the spread of hunger and severe food security, indicating that 18 percent of the population of affected countries suffer from heavy hunger, compared with only 1 percent of low and medium income countries.
On the edge of the disaster
In the same context, the Humanitarian Office of the United Nations on Coordination (OCHA) warned that Yemen was on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, which could turn into widespread hunger in the coming months, in the absence of the necessary support to continue the life of humanitarian interventions.
The UN office in a recent statement confirmed that millions in Yemen are faced with a tragic level of sharp hunger, in the light of continuous collapse in food security, indicating that about half of the country’s population began to satisfy their most basic needs.
He indicated that the situation could aggravate in Yemen in Yemen over the next year, while most of the suffering from which residents suffer in areas under the control of the Khuti group; Where about 4 million people live in tragic nutrition conditions.
