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lackluster performance. Recent developments, including a new oil price shock, and the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic will push … the region into recession. Many countries are struggling to contain the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic while avoiding a …
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Maintaining trade flows as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in providing access to … undermine health protection, as countries lose access to essential products to fight the pandemic. Instead, governments should …
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Before the outbreak of the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the world was already dealing with a learning crisis, as … evidenced by high levels of Learning Poverty. With the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), among many disruptions to …
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The COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic will have a large negative impact on the Kenyan economy. Even before being … affected by the novel coronavirus, Kenya's economy had decelerated. The World Bank estimates that GDP growth in 2019 was about … 5.6 percent, down from 6.3 percent in 2018. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock is expected to further reduce growth in …
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … primary and secondary education." The COVID-19 pandemic now threatens to make education outcomes even worse. The pandemic has …
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(Coronavirus) pandemic. The government's policy helped contain the virus and contributed to saving human lives. Today, most social … trajectory during recent years. The pandemic has also left indelible scars, especially on people and businesses that were the … rather should define what will be the new normal as the pandemic has changed in so many ways how people live, work, and …
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This report contributes to the growing body of knowledge by shedding light on the impact of COVID-19 and confinement measures on Ivoirian enterprises and households. It builds on two dedicated sets of survey data that were collected in April 2020, at the height of the local confinement measures....
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finds that the price rebound after the pandemic was mainly driven by the economic recovery, but supply factors also …
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establishes the context for the unprecedented developments of 2020 related to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Chapter … two details the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent crash in oil prices on various dimensions of Algeria …
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framework, Colombia has tackled the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic formally announcedby the World Health Organization (WHO) on … pandemic. The main features of the pandemic affecting the country are described first, followed by observations stemming from …
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