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The Ukraine war’s impact on developing countries

FILE PHOTO: A sunflower is seen on a wheat field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine, July 14, 2016.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko//File Photo

Indermit Gill, vice president for equitable growth, finance, and institutions at the World Bank and a Brookings nonresident senior fellow, talks with host David Dollar about how economic growth in developing countries has been affected by COVID and now the war in Ukraine. Gill explains that pre-existing vulnerabilities in developing countries and potential disruptions in energy, food, and commodities from the war may affect poorer countries much more than rich ones.