on robots and ben welcome to the program. some of the world's poorest nations are facing long term damage from the coronavirus pandemic the united nations conference on trade and development makes that point in its latest report tad is it's also a night and says the least developed nations may have so far been spared the worst effects of the health emergency and the economic impact of the pandemic has been dramatic it warns that years of progress toward sustainable development may have been wiped out and lasting damage done or. we're joined now by trade need for at least developed countries at tad thanks a lot for joining us on the program and what tangible economic changes have we seen in the least developed countries as a result of the pandemic we have seen 1st of all a very serious recession and it's the worst economic performance 50 countries are having over the last 30 years this means their years of very painstakingly achieved social and economic progress will be reversed as a result of the recession and of the economic crisis particularly this can be c. in terms of poverty it's the 1st time in 20 years that the poverty rate in the least developed countries is incre

poorest nations are facing long term damage from the coronavirus pandemic the united nations conference on trade and development makes that point in its latest report tad as it's also known says the least developed nations may have so far been spared the worst effects of the health emergency and the economic impact of the pandemic has been dramatic it warns that years of progress toward sustainable development may have been wiped out and lasting damage done. we're joined now by trade lead for at least developed countries at todd thanks a lot for joining us on the program and what tangible economic changes have we seen in the least developed countries as a result of the pandemic. we have seen 1st of all a very serious recession and it's the worst economic performance that these countries are having over the last 30 years this means their years of very painstakingly achieved that social and economic progress will be reversed as a result of the recession and of the economic crisis particularly this can be c. in terms of poverty it's the 1st time in 20 years that the poverty rate in the least developed countries is