The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has taken a tremendous toll on the health and well-being of people around the globe, driving many low-income households into poverty. Recent analyses suggest these economic impacts will be long-lived, with reports from Brookings and the World Economic Forum suggesting that all progress made in reducing global poverty since 2015 was lost in the first half of 2020. These effects are expected to be most acutely felt in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank’s latest Africa’s Pulse outlook predicts a 2.1-5.1% decline in the region’s economic growth this year as a result of the pandemic.
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