The economic impact of Ebola on sub-Saharan Africa : updated estimates for 2015 (English)

The most severe impact of the Ebola epidemic, which began in Guinea in December 2013 and quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, has been in lost human lives and suffering. This report, prepared for the World Economic Forum at Davos, focuses on the indirect, economic costs, in particular the effects on economic output in 2015. Most of the economic cost is driven by aversion behavior, which consists of both the actions taken by individuals to avoid...

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Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose;

Evans, David;

Ferreira,Francisco H. G.;

Kastelic,Kristen Himelein;

Maliszewska,Maryla;

Over,A. Mead;

Smith, Gregory;

Thomas,Mark Roland;
Document Date
2015/01/20
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
93721
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/01/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The economic impact of Ebola on sub-Saharan Africa : updated estimates for 2015
Keywords
Epidemic

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Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose; Evans, David; Ferreira,Francisco H. G.; Kastelic,Kristen Himelein; Maliszewska,Maryla; Over,A. Mead; Smith, Gregory; Thomas,Mark Roland.

The economic impact of Ebola on sub-Saharan Africa : updated estimates for 2015 (English). Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/541991468001792719

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