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dc.contributor.authorHillier, Debbie*
dc.contributor.authorMhlanga, Ruth*
dc.contributor.authorZweben, Suzanne*
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-08T16:42:44Zen
dc.date.available2014-12-08T16:42:44Zen
dc.date.issued2014-12-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/336916
dc.description<p>Ebola is a humanitarian crisis first and foremost - but it is also a mounting economic disaster for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The World Bank estimates the cost of the epidemic to be $3-4bn by the end of 2015, many times more than the amount donated for the response so far. The economic impact is measurable in terms of reduced production, diminished trade, disrupted agriculture, higher fiscal deficits and rising prices. Household incomes are dropping due to the reduction in the labour market, the loss of harvests, disruption of markets, and laying off of workers. In Liberia, nearly half of those working when the outbreak was first detected in March 2014 no longer had jobs by early November.</p> <p>This briefing shows how important the private sector is to both the response to Ebola and the recovery. It urges</p> <ul> <li>All companies to contribute directly and urgently to the international Ebola response;</li> <li>Companies with operations and supply chains in affected countries to be at the forefront in the fight against Ebola - to keep their business operations open and to support long-term economic recovery.</li> </ul> <p>It is one of a series of Oxfam briefings on the Ebola crisis and response.</p> <p>Read more about Oxfam's <a href="https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/our-work/water-health-education/ebola-briefings?cid=rdt_ebolabriefings">response to Ebola</a>. </p>en_US
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dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Internationalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEbola briefingen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/ebola-and-the-private-sector-bolstering-the-response-and-west-african-economies-336916
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectPrivate sector
dc.titleEbola and the Private Sector: Bolstering the response and West African economiesen_US
dc.typeIssue briefingen_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.en_US
oxfam.subject.countryGuineaen_US
oxfam.subject.countryLiberiaen_US
oxfam.subject.countrySierra Leoneen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordEbolaen_US
dc.year.issuedate2014en_US
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