COVID-19: How can the G-20 address debt distress in sub-Saharan Africa?

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September 16, 2021

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Kathrin Berensmann
German Development Institute (DIE)

Hopestone Kayiska Chavula
UN – Economic Commission for Africa

Austin Chiumia
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

Mma Amara Ekeruche
Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)

Njuguna Ndung’u
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

Aloysius Uche Ordu
Africa Growth Initiative (AGI); (The Brookings Institution)

Lemma W. Senbet
University of Maryland and Brookings AGI Distinguished Advisory Group

Abebe Shimeles
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

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COVID-19: How can the G-20 address debt distress in sub-Saharan Africa?

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