Africa

COVID-19 could undo a decade of progress in cutting poverty 

LIDCs could lose a decade of progress because of the COVID-19 economic crisis. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Daniel Gurara
Economist at the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
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