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Work in the Age of Covid-19
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect the future of business, trade, and investment in sub-Saharan Africa? How important will technology and automation be for economic development in the region? Guests Laird Treiber (State Department), Chukwuka Onyekwena (Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa), and Vijaya Ramachandran (Center for Global Development) join host Judd Devermont to discuss the new world of work. Guests also analyze South Africa and Nigeria’s responses to the pandemic.
Background Reading
South Africa’s Bold Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Judd Devermont and Topaz Mukulu
Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Nigerian economy – Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Ekeruche
Nigeria's Tech Sector May Be Booming, but Where Are the Women? – Vijaya Ramachandran and Blessing Omakwu
Can Africa Be a Manufacturing Destination? Labor Costs in Comparative Perspective – Vijaya Ramachandran et al.
Philanthropy and the Humanitarian Crisis in Northeast Nigeria – Judd Devermont
Background Reading
South Africa’s Bold Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Judd Devermont and Topaz Mukulu
Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Nigerian economy – Chukwuka Onyekwena and Mma Ekeruche
Nigeria's Tech Sector May Be Booming, but Where Are the Women? – Vijaya Ramachandran and Blessing Omakwu
Can Africa Be a Manufacturing Destination? Labor Costs in Comparative Perspective – Vijaya Ramachandran et al.
Philanthropy and the Humanitarian Crisis in Northeast Nigeria – Judd Devermont
Released:
May 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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