United Nations Development Programme. "The Development Impact of the War in Ukraine: Initial Projections". March 16, 2022. https://www.undp.org/...
Gregory Autin | March 23, 2022
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says that the war is demolishing over two decades of economic progress. It reports that at least $100 billion of infrastructure, buildings, roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, and other built assets have already been destroyed by the war. The UNDP says that the impact of the war has so far caused 50% of Ukrainian businesses to shut down completely, with the other half forced to operate well below capacity. It predicts that if the war deepens and protracts, as much as 90% of the population of Ukraine will be living in or vulnerable to poverty.