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Oct
5
2021
11:00—12:15 PM Washington DC time
September 29, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed up to 40 million Africans into extreme poverty and the continent experienced its first recession in half a century. Global vaccination efforts have left Africa behind: less than two percent of the African population has been vaccinated compared to over 70 percent in ...
Sep
1
2021
1:00—1:00 PM CET
August 03, 2021
In this session on the first day of Bruegel’s 2020 Annual Meetings we are delighted to welcome Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner for International Partnerships), Vera Songwe (Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa), Amadou Hott (Minister of Econ...
Apr
7
2021
10:00—11:00 AM ET
April 05, 2021
While the COVID-19 pandemic has setback development outcomes across the globe, Africa has felt the economic effects of the pandemic strongly. COVID-19 pushed about 30 million Africans into extreme poverty, with vulnerable groups disproportionately impacted, and the continent experienced its first re...
Mar
17
2021
9:30—11:00 AM ET
March 06, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on African economies, translating notably into growing fiscal and external imbalances and worsening growth and poverty outcomes. Due to limited policy space, many countries on the continent will be constrained in their ability to implement expansion...