The conflict in the Middle East could push millions more towards hunger as its economic fallout reverberates further around the globe, the World Bank's chief economist warned in an AFP interview on Wednesday.
"You have about 300 million people who suffer from acute food insecurity already," Indermit Gill said. Â "That'll go up by about 20 percent very, very quickly," as knock-on effects grow.
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