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Could COVID-19 produce a ‘great reset’ for African economies?
Could COVID-19 produce a ‘great reset’ for African economies?
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31 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has set back important progress on education, gender equality, and economic development across Africa, but it has also revealed a continent that is more integrated and acting with greater solidarity than before. Aloysius Uche Ordu, director of the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings, joins David Dollar in this episode to discuss the region’s top priorities for the year ahead and the findings of a new report, Foresight Africa 2021. Dollar & Sense is a part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Send feedback to BCP@Brookings.edu and follow us at @policypodcasts on Twitter.
Released:
Feb 1, 2021
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