EVIDENCE FOR DECISIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: Eyes on Africa
Author(s) -
Nasreen Jessani,
Laurenz Langer,
Carina van Rooyen,
Ruth Stewart
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the thinker
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2075-2458
DOI - 10.36615/thethinker.v84i2.293
Subject(s) - covid-19 , globe , unemployment , pandemic , poverty , affect (linguistics) , development economics , inequality , political science , economics , economic growth , psychology , virology , biology , medicine , disease , neuroscience , mathematical analysis , mathematics , communication , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
As Covid-19 sweeps across the globe, one of the biggest questions in many minds is ‘how will this crisis affect Africa?’ (Nyenswah, 2020; Pillay, 2020; Wood, 2020; World Bank, 2020a). Fears abound that the pandemic will multiply and deepen existing socio-economic issues, such as high levels of unemployment,poverty, and inequality.
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