Regional Economic Outlook

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa: Navigating a Long Pandemic

April 15, 2021

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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa: Navigating a Long Pandemic, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

Sub-Saharan Africa is still contending with an unprecedented health and economic crisis. In the months since the October 2020 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, the region has confronted a second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave that swiftly outpaced the scale and speed of the first. While this episode has eased for now, many countries are bracing for further waves, particularly as access to vaccines remains scant.

Subject: Africa, COVID-19, Crisis recovery and resolution planning, Digitalization, Public expenditures and health

Keywords: COVID-19, Digitalization, Economic recovery, Health, Pandemic, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    35

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Regional Economic Outlook

  • Stock No:

    REOAFREA2021001

  • ISBN:

    9781513575735

  • ISSN:

    2707-8086

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