Africa and COVID-19

This episode features a discussion with Carlos Lopes, Professor in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, former executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and alumni of the Graduate Institute, and Gilles Carbonnier, Professor of Development Economics at the Graduate Institute and Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. This discussion focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 in Africa, more specifically on the macroeconomic effects and the humanitarian consequences presented by this crisis.