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A post-COVID-19 economic recovery strategy must empower people

Tapiwa Gomo ·

The coronavirus pandemic has given some governments a free excuse for their perennial failures to resuscitate their ailing economies.

Where corruption, mismanagement of State resources, poor prioritisation and bad governance perpetually impede economic growth, they are waving the excuse that the shutdowns have dealt severe blows on prospects of economic recovery.

The wisdom of adopting that political approach is both myopic and short-lived.

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