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

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