Innocenti Research Briefs War and Economic Downturn: The impact of the war in Ukraine and the subsequent economic downturn on children and families in Europe and Central Asia AUTHOR(S) Margherita Squarcina; Alessandro Carraro; Frank Otchere; Dominic Richardson Published: 2023 Innocenti Research Briefs The war in Ukraine triggered an economic shock in countries in Eastern and Central Asia, a region that has been visited by multiple economic shocks in the past decades. For the children and families The shock featured a spike in the prices of commodities including food and fuel. As a result, poor families who spend a greater proportion of their incomes on necessities – such as food and fuel – were the hardest hit. The result was greater risk of poverty, weakened school attachment and increased infant mortality, among others.This UNICEF Innocenti Research Brief shares projections about the fallout of this crisis on poverty, schooling, infant mortality and the purchasing power of families. It also reviews the social protections put in place in response to the crisis and makes recommendation for future social protection responses. + - Cite this publication | Thematic area: Child Poverty | Tags: agricultural prices, armed conflicts, commodity prices, consumer prices, economic analysis, fuel, petroleum prices, war × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Margherita Squarcina; Alessandro Carraro; Frank Otchere; Dominic Richardson 2023 War and Economic Downturn: The impact of the war in Ukraine and the subsequent economic downturn on children and families in Europe and Central Asia.
