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Apr 23, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Our new research sheds light onto the impact of conflict in Yemen.
The conflict has set back development in Yemen by 21 years.
One child dies because of the conflict every 12 minutes.
This thread introduces the report findings:
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Today, nearly 60% of the population live in extreme poverty. 2/3 of those in extreme poverty are there because of armed conflict. There are an additional 44 million years of people living in extreme poverty because of the conflict.
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