1. Economic Implications of the Ebola Epidemic
But those reactions are exacerbated by the way that those local economies work. ... Finally, in such poor economies the absence of economic growth kills people: let alone what happens when economies start to shrink. With so many people at or just above the subsistence level it doesn't take much of even a slowdown in the economy to push some of them below it. ... It warns that the disease, if not successfully contained, could cost the West African economy US$32 billion in 2015. ... But the cost to the affected economies could well exceed the medical bills. ...
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