Foreword SAMUEL AMPONSAH Introduction EVANS OSABUOHIEN, GBADEBO ODULARU, DANIEL UFUA, AND ROMANUS OSABOHIEN SECTION 1 Socioeconomic Shocks and Economic Development 1 Socioeconomic and Cultural Influence on Women’s Participation in Agroforestry in Jaman South, Ghana ENOCH AKWASI KOSOE AND FRANCIS DIAWUO DARKO 2 How Coffee Price Shock Transmits into the Economy? Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia NASER YENUS NURU AND HAYELOM YRGAW GEREZIHER 3 Exchange Rate Variability and Palm Oil Export in West Africa: Evidence from Nigeria OLANREWAJU OMOSEHIN AND EVANS OSABUOHIEN SECTION 2 Resilience, Business and Value Chain Development 4 Climatic Shocks, Agricultural Income and Household Expenditure in Uganda NICHOLAS KILIMANI, JOHN BOSCO NNYANZI AND JOHN BOSCO ORYEMA 5 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and Food Price Increase in Nigeria: Examining the Role of ICT ONYINYE OCHUBA, NORA FRANCIS INYANG, AND ROMANUS OSABOHIEN 6 Building Economic Resilience in COVID-19 Africa: What Role for Digital Transformation? ARTHUR MINSAT AND ELISA SAINT MARTIN 7 Addressing Non-health Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Development of Future Resilience in Nigeria: A Systemic Intervention DANIEL UFUA, OLUSOLA JOSHUA OLUJOBI, ROMANUS OSABOHIEN, EVANS OSABUOHIEN, AND GBADEBO ODULARU SECTION 3 Institutional Framework and Human Capital Development 8 Employment and Productivity of Uganda’s SMEs in the Face of COVID-19: A Gender Perspective SSERUNJOGI BRIAN, NATHAN SUNDAY, PAUL LAKUMA AND REHEMA KAHUNDE 9 Creation of Knowledge Cities in Africa: A Case Study of Gqeberha Port Elizabeth City in South Africa ROSELINE TAPUWA KARAMBAKUWA AND RONNEY NCWADI 10 Socio-economic Shocks of COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa OLUWAYEMISI KHADIJAT ADELEKE AND OMOWUMI MONISOLA AJEIGBE 11 Socioeconomic Shocks in the COVID-19 Era WYCLIFE ONG’ETA 12 COVID-19 and Poverty Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Past Pandemics CHEKWUBE VITUS MADICHIE, FRANKLIN NNAEMEKA NGWU, ANNE CHINONYE MADUKA, AND AMAKA GERTRUDE METU SECTION 4 Services, Socioeconomic Shocks and Sustainable Development 13 Economic Shocks and Welfare of Nigerian Households KHADIJAT BUSOLA AMOLEGBE, EBENEZER LEMVEN WIRBA, AND GILLES QUENTIN KANE 14 Disruptive Effects of COVID-19 and Health Challenges on the Attainment of National Policies and Public Service Provisions in African Countries OLUWASEYI EBENEZER OLALERE 15 COVID-19 Pandemic and Illegal Oil Refineries in Africa: Evidence from the National Oil Wealth in Nigeria OLUSOLA JOSHUA OLUJOBI 16 Remittance Shocks and Poverty Reduction Nexus in Nigeria: Insights from Bootstrap Simulation and Asymmetric Causality Tests CLEMENT OLALEKAN OLANIYI AND MOJEED MUHAMMED OLOGUNDUDU 17 Reshaping the Educational System for Post-COVID-19 Schooling in a Developing Country FLORA OLUBUKOLA OLANIYI 18 Effect of COVID-19 on Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises in Nigeria: Which Sector Is Mostly Affected? MARIA CHINECHEREM UZONWANNE, AMAKA GERTRUDE METU, KINGSLEY CHIDERA ADONIKE AND FRANCIS CHUKWUDI ONYEDIBE Conclusion: Socioeconomic Shocks, Pandemic Responsiveness, and Platonic Policies Revisited GBADEBO ODULARU, DANIEL UFUA, EVANS OSABUOHIEN, AND ROMANUS OSABOHIEN