Op-Ed: Post-Covid-19 crisis pathways: Choices for Africa’s enduring economic recovery By Nina Callaghan
). So what does that mean for African economies, considering the ways countries have responded so far to navigate a health and economic crisis?
This article will consider some of the options that will not flatten the economic curve, like scaling up welfare systems, reimagining lockdown regimes, negotiating debt and loans from international agencies – all a very delicate balance between crisis responsiveness and long-term sustainability in an era of coronavirus. What is becoming abundantly clear during Covid-19 is that business depends on a healthy society that is not subject to the brutality of inequality and poverty.
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