North Africa and the challenges of the Covid-19 era

Abstract

2020 was marked by an unprecedented pandemic with a dramatic impact on the global economy. To deal with an unknown and highly contagious virus and protect their populations, almost all the world’s countries have adopted lockdown measures. As a result, in a matter of weeks oil has lost around half its value, a large number of sectors (transport, tourism, etc.) have come to a standstill, millions of workers have lost their jobs, and the G7 stock markets dropped by about 33%.