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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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9 Countries with economies affected by crisis eaten by corona (Viva) 

August 02, 2020


Viva (Indonesia) published an article on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting various countries. The article references an IFPRI study that relies on model-based simulations. the models show that a deep recession will push more than 150 million people into extreme poverty. most of the increase in poverty will be concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 

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