Worse still, the disruption of societies and economies caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic is aggravating the pre‐existing global education crisis and is impacting education in unprecedented ways. The African Development Bank ( 2021b ) supports the fact that the COVID‐19 pandemic has long‐term implications for human capital development in Africa, as almost all African countries closed schools for a protracted period because of the COVID‐19 pandemic. 4 PAPERS SELECTED FOR THIS SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNALGiven the policy importance of the impacts of COVID‐19 on African economies, the African Development Review is publishing this special issue titled ‘The Impact of COVID‐19 on African Economies’. The authors examine the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on African economies and household welfare using a top‐down sequential macro‐micro simulation approach. Yannick Fosso Djoumessi's paper looks at ‘The Adverse Impact of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on the Labor Market in Cameroon’.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 05, 2021 15:42 UTC