Developing countries unlock key industries to safeguard earnings and jobs

REUTERS: From Africa to Asia and Latin America, emerging countries disproportionately bruised by the COVID-19 pandemic are allowing some key industries to start back up in a bid to soften the economic blow.

"What's clear is that lockdowns can't go on forever and they're having to strike a balance between safety and productivity," said Gopaldas.South Africa announced on Thursday it will allow mines to operate at 50per cent capacity during its lockdown, allowing workers to be called back gradually. "They won't be able to borrow anymore," said Wayne Camard, an ex-IMF official in Africa and Latin America who now heads the Camard Group, a business intelligence consultancy."Mining and agricultural commodities are the main foreign exchange earners for a lot of developing countries."

Coal is Colombia's second-largest source of foreign exchange, and royalties paid by coal firms are"fundamental" to coping with the health emergency and reviving the economy, the energy ministry told Reuters. Construction and related sectors account for about 8-10per cent of Pakistan's GDP, he estimated, and 10-12per cent of jobs.

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