African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Call for Papers on the Impact of COVID-19 on African Economies.

Application Deadline: 15 November, 2020.

The African Development Review, one of the flagship publications of the African Development Bank Group devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa, invites submissions for a special issue on “The Impact of Covid-19 on African Economies. “

The issue will analyze the impact of COVID-19 on African economies with an emphasis on submissions that address the socio-economic impacts of this pandemic, as well as policy implications. A combination of both theoretical and empirical contributions deriving from forefront of economic models is highly encouraged.

Submitted papers should relate directly to the covid-19 pandemic, including but not limited to the following areas:

• Accommodative Public Policies and Potential Effects
• African and Global Supply Chain Disruptions
• Business Bankruptcies: Winners and Losers
• COVID-19 and Gender Issues
• Debt Sustainability Considerations
• Embedding Behavioral Insights into Policy
• Emerging Opportunities in the Aftermath of the Crisis
• Government Capacity Constraints in Fragile Contexts
• Health Impacts and Opportunities for Strengthening Public Health
• Human Development Challenges in the Time of Pandemics
• National Economic Resilience in Response to the Outbreak
• Socio-economic Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Interested authors should submit their manuscript online via

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/adrev(link is external). Kindly indicate that the submission is for the special issue.

• The submissions window will open on 28 August, 2020.
• The deadline for papers submission is 15 November, 2020. Papers submitted after the deadline will be rejected.
• No fee is required to submit for this special issue.
• Submitted papers should not be under consideration elsewhere.
• Submissions will be screened with respect to their relevance to the theme of the special issue and then will be peer reviewed according to ADRev standards.
• Manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism before review.
• To be accepted, submitted papers should be in English or French, not exceed 7,000 words in length and be preceded by a 200-word abstract.

For more information, please contact Yaya Koloma (y.koloma@afdb.org(link sends e-mail)) and Adeleke Salami (a.salami@afdb.org(link sends e-mail)).

GUEST EDITOR

Prof. John C Anyanwu (j.anyanwu@afdb.org(link sends e-mail))

Former Lead Research Economist, African Development Bank

For Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AfDB Call for Papers on the Impact of COVID-19 on African Economies