Covid-19 and Africa’s Recession: How Bad Could It Get?
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Covid-19 and Africa’s Recession: How Bad Can It Get?
Giovanni Carbone
|
Camillo Casola
05 October 2020

Global growth estimates leave no room for doubts: 2020 will record a historic recession. Africa will not be spared: with the first year of negative growth in a quarter of a century, the continent's economic shrinkage will also be the most severe since the 1970s. Progress made over the past two decades will be eroded. However, despite the fragility of poorly diversified and industrialized economies, the overall economic contraction in Africa is set to remain more limited when compared to other world regions. Why? How does the economic impact of the crisis vary from one African region to the next? How heavily will Africa’s populations be affected?

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Africa Economy coronavirus
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EDITED BY

Giovanni Carbone
ISPI Africa Programme
Camillo Casola
ISPI Africa Programme

This Dossier is realized with the support of the Policy Planning Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation pursuant to art. 23-bis of Presidential Decree 18/1967.

The opinions expressed in this Dossier are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI.

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