Ebola Crisis Draining West Africa Development Budgets

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is impairing the ability of governments to raise revenues, increasing their exposure to domestic and foreign debts and may make them more dependent on aid, according to the latest study on the socio-economic impact of the crisis carried out by the UN development agency.

Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury (left) meeting with the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (to his left) in the capital Monrovia.

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