The onset of the global COVID pandemic in early 2020 heralded massive disruption in the global economy -and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 only poured fire on the flames. As a small, open middle-income economy, Namibia has inevitably been buffeted by the global forces at work. This latest edition of the IPPR’s Quarterly Economic Review examines how Namibia has been affected and asks what policymakers can do in such circumstances. The QER also includes the regular news highlights, data trends, and key economic variables.
