Program: COVID-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan Loan Agreement: May 25, 2022Covid-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan • May 27th, 2022
Contract Type FiledMay 27th, 2022In Côte d'Ivoire, the infection of COVID-19 was first confirmed in March 2020, and then the infection spread rapidly toward the end of 2021. From December 10, 2021 to January 9, 2022, the cumulative number of infected people increased from 61,882 to 77,449 (+15,567), and the cumulative number of deaths increased from 706 to 735 (+29), (Total population 26.38 million (World Bank, 2020)). The spread of COVID-19 has had a major impact on the country's economy, and the economic growth rate has been revised downward from an average of about 7% before COVID-19 (2016-2019) to 2% in 2020 (IMF, 2021).