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Africa: After the Virus - What Are Africa's Chances of Recovery?
Daily Maverick, 28 April 2020
Today's trillion-dollar question is: What will the post-Covid-19 world look like? Will the world indeed deglobalise, will supply chains shorten and what will all of this mean for… Read more »
What Are Africa's Chances of Economic Recovery After COVID-19?
The International Monetary Fund has predicted that the global economy will contract by 3% in 2020, making the "great lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis". However, a global reset does not have to be a bad thing for Africa if it can use this crisis as an opportunity for much-needed economic reform, and in so doing reposition itself to take advantage of a changed global order, write Greg Mills, Emily Van Der Merwe, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo and Ray Hartley for The Daily Maverick.
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