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This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …
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people into extreme poverty. However, apart from the African poor, the Covid pandemic also affects the growing African middle … of may be thrust into poverty because of the coronavirus and its economic aftermath. This setback will be felt for … of new infectious diseases like Sars, HIV and Covid-19 increased by nearly fourfold over the past century. In Africa …
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People expect the state to create jobs and provide them with a social security net. Whatever its defects, whatever the virtues of the private sector, no structure other than the state can today provide citizens with the basic public goods. Under the present right-wing government of Nea...
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The financial collapse of 2007, the accompanying refugee crisis, the health crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic have …
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The financial crisis of 2007 clearly demonstrated the declining economic and political hegemony of the European social model. Austerity measures, rationalization, and cuts in all areas of society and the state were encouraged by the EU directorates. These measures have weakened social cohesion...
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developments in South Africa. The declining trend in Swaziland’s growth trajectory has arisen in part from the country’s reliance …
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For decades, the history of Sudan, Africa's third largest country with around 46 million inhabitants, has been marked … Red Sea, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, as well as its agricultural prosperity, attracted regional and global actors …
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analysis of Egypt’s real GDP growth, chronic inflation trends, poverty and income distributions as well as the performance of …
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the African poor, the Covid pandemic also affects the growing African middle class, i.e. about 170 million out of Africa … Sars, HIV and Covid-19 increased by nearly fourfold over the past century. In Africa, there were reported a total of 4 …,522,489 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 119,816 death, as of 23 April 2021. The pandemic impacted seriously on the economic and social …
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the African poor, the Covid pandemic also affects the growing African middle class, i.e. about 170 million out of Africa … 1900–1920 Uganda African trypanosomiasis epidemic with 200,000–300,000 death had tremendous negative impact on Africa … SARS, HIV and Covid-19 increased by nearly fourfold over the past century. In Africa, there were reported a total of 4 …
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