Wealthy countries must help Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, says IMF
The international community can help the region by improving access to vaccines, according to the head of the IMF’s Africa department
15 April 2021 - 14:19
Sub-Saharan Africa is set to record the slowest economic growth of any world region this year as the continent struggles to bounce back from a pandemic-triggered downturn, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday.
Wealthy countries must step up to ease access to vital vaccines and make financing available to Africa, where the global health crisis and its economic fallout plunged 32-million people into extreme poverty in 2020, the IMF said...
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