国际英语资讯:African experts root for policy shift to hasten post-COVID-19 recovery
<p><span word="NAIROBI">NAIROBI</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 29-- <span word="Governments">Governments</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sub">Sub</span>-<span word="Saharan">Saharan</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="embark">embark</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="realignment">realignment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="recovery">recovery</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="disruptions">disruptions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="resilience">resilience</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="shocks">shocks</span>, <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="policymakers">policymakers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="virtual">virtual</span> <span word="briefing">briefing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="enactment">enactment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="overdue">overdue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enable">enable</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="survive">survive</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recession">recession</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="solid">solid</span> <span word="macro">macro</span>-<span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>, <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="investments">investments</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="intra">intra</span>-<span word="African">African</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="embark">embark</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="post">post</span>-<span word="COVID">COVID</span> <span word="recovery">recovery</span> <span word="path">path</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Njuguna">Njuguna</span> <span word="Ndung">Ndung</span>'<span word="u">u</span>, <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="tank">tank</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="Economic">Economic</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Consortium">Consortium</span> (<span word="AERC">AERC</span>).</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="forum">forum</span>, <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="tank">tank</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="scholars">scholars</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span>, <span word="discussed">discussed</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="options">options</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="adopted">adopted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="recovery">recovery</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="downturn">downturn</span> <span word="occasioned">occasioned</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="Ndung">Ndung</span>'<span word="u">u</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="related">related</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="shocks">shocks</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="bold">bold</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="channeling">channeling</span> <span word="stimulus">stimulus</span> <span word="packages">packages</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="sectors">sectors</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="hospitality">hospitality</span>, <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="practices">practices</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="context">context</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="recovery">recovery</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="injection">injection</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="sector">sector</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="investments">investments</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="business">business</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Ndung">Ndung</span>'<span word="u">u</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="governor">governor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> (<span word="CBK">CBK</span>).</p>
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