Informality and Covid-19 in sub-Sarahan Africa
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Keywords
coronavirus; Covid-19;JEL classification:
- N0 - Economic History - - General
- E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ISF-2021-08-23 (Islamic Finance)
- NEP-IUE-2021-08-23 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2021-08-23 (Macroeconomics)
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