Africa Director, Special Advisor @UN Climate Change Champions @hlcchampions| Economist| Fmr Minister of Trade| #Time100next Honoree | @WEF YGL/2XStJKw5L4M
Jun 23, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Here are some of my thoughts and interventions from this morning’s session hosted by Stanbic.
We need to prepare for a prolonged, unpredictable economic crisis. An economic recovery plan is urgently needed to reduce the long term impacts of this crisis. Focus should be on:
*Building resilient communities with a focus in ‘vulnerable to poverty’ + poor group which constitutes about 30% of BW population. Decisive policy action is needed to get these communities through this crisis, with lasting impact.