GENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations called on Tuesday for a significant overhaul of the global financial system to help the world's poorest countries and their struggle to fill "enormous financial gaps."

A report from the United Nations Conference on Trade, Investment and Development (Unctad) highlighted how multiple crises, from the Covid pandemic to soaring inflation and declining foreign direct investment have hit poorer countries particularly hard.

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