Global devt rebounds but poor countries behind – UN

HUMANITY has returned to pre-pandemic levels of development, the United Nations said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), but it warned that the global recovery masks a widening gap between rich and poor countries.

The rebound follows two years of decline, when, in 2021 and 2022, the global Human Development Index (HDI) dipped twice in a row for the first time since its creation nearly 35 years ago, thanks in part to the Covid-19 crisis, rolling back five years of progress.