Monday, May 4, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Ethiopia's Urban Poor

Ethiopia Insight posted on 4 May 2020 a story titled "Amid Lockdown Fears, COVID-19 Threatens Ethiopia's Urban Poor" by Yared Tsegaye, an Ethiopia Insight reporter based in Addis Ababa.

Urban unemployment in Ethiopia was 19 percent before COVID-19. The author reports that the impact of COVID-19 on the urban poor will be especially devastating.