Sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis that threatens to reverse much of the development progress it's made in recent years. The latest Regional Economic Outlook shows the economy will contract by 1.6 percent this year; the worst reading on record.

Outlooks / Health

Sub-Saharan Africa: COVID-19 A Threat to Development

Papa N’Diaye

May 12, 2020

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