| | | Title | COVID-19 in Africa Protecting Lives and Economies | | Author | UNECA | | Subject | COVID 19 | | Date of Publication | 2020 | | Publisher | The Economic Commission for Africa | | Number of Pages | 48 pages | | Language | English | | Geographical Coverage | Africa | | Keywords | COVID 19 Pandemic | | Abstract | The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in a new report on the coronavirus pandemic, says over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19. This, as the pandemic continues to impact on the Continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 percent to 1.8 percent in a best-case scenario, pushing close to 27 million people into extreme poverty. | | Copyright Holder | The Economic Commission for Africa | | Copyright URL | https://www.uneca.org | | Filesize | 1428198 MB | | File Format | PDF | | [ View / download original document ] |
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