Tittel: | The African Continental Free Trade Area: a significant role for IP | Ansvar: | Marumo Nkomo | Forfatter: | Nkomo, Marumo ![](App_Themes/Common/Help.png) | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2020 | Omfang: | S. 24-29 | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 4/2020 ![](App_Themes/Common/Help.png) | Emneord: | Handel / Korona - COVID-19 | Geografiske emneord: | Afrika | Innhold: | The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on economies across the globe. Although it experienced a peak in infections later than countries in the global North, Africa has not been spared the economic fallout of the pandemic. The World Bank’s June 2020 Global Economic Prospects, forecasts the deepest global recession in decades. The study predicts that global gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by at least 5.2 percent with a downside contraction of close to 8 percent in 2020. | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 4/2020 |
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