Thursday, 5 February 2015

[wanabidii] The Economic Impact of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic: Short and Medium Term Estimates for West Africa

According to the World Bank Group's new analysis, the economic impacts of Ebola are already very serious in the core three countries – particularly Liberia and Sierra Leone – and could become catastrophic under a slow-containment, High Ebola scenario. In broader regional terms, the economic impact could be limited if immediate national and international action stop the epidemic and alleviate the "aversion behavior" or fear factor that is causing neighboring countries to close their borders, and airlines and other regional and international companies to suspend their commercial activities in the three worst-affected countries. The successful containment of Ebola in Nigeria and Senegal so far is evidence that this is possible, given some existing health system capacity and a resolute policy response.

Link:https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/20592/9781464804380.pdf?sequence=3



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