World Bank: Covid-19 could drive up to 40 million people into extreme poverty
World Bank confirms economic downturn in sub-Saharan Africa, and outlines key polices needed for recovery. Driven by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to fall to -3.3 percent in 2020, pushing the region into its first recession in 25 years, according to the latest regional economic analysis…