Meeting

Lost Generation? Impact of COVID-19 on Children's Learning and Beyond

Thursday, February 18, 2021

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Speakers

Joshua Barocas

Boston University School of Medicine

Robert Jenkins

Chief, Education, and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF

Presider

Jennifer Nuzzo

Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

Roundtable Series on Global Health, Economics, and Development

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