COVID-19 and Sub-Saharan Africa Firms: Impact and Coping Strategies
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Drawing on a representative survey of firms in 38 countries, eight which are Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper documents the impact COVID-19 and firms’ coping strategies SSA, benchmarking with other regions. The shows that pandemic is more pronounced compared This disproportionate not explained by differences sectoral composition firm characteristics, but likely level development. underscores important economic structural contexts predate understanding differential impact. Contrary to expectations, findings show businesses adjust their operations or products services adapt shock than those However, region lag leveraging digital technologies, remote working, e-commerce,
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development Studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0022-0388', '1743-9140']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2110487