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

Beyond the terrible toll in human lives and suffering, the Ebola epidemic currently afflicting West Africa is already having a measurable economic impact in terms of forgone output; higher fiscal deficits; rising prices; lower real household incomes and greater poverty. These economic impacts includ...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Publication
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20592