Ebola Update - Noon Briefing (2 December 2014)

United Nations - Ebola Update by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General at the Daily Noon Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York (2 December 2014).
(Update)
On Ebola, a new report issued today by the World Bank Group shows that the epidemic continues to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and is projected to result in negative growth or contraction in these countries next year.
All three countries had been growing rapidly in recent years and into the first half of 2014, but the World Bank Group is now projecting negative growth for 2015 of -0.2% in Guinea and -2.0% in Sierra Leone, while in Liberia, the growth estimate is expected to be less than half the pre-crisis one.
These latest projections imply forgone income across the three countries in 2014–2015 totaling more than $2 billion.
Governments have also been forced to cut public investments – such as Liberia’s Mount Coffee hydroelectric plant, which now remains on hold in the absence of foreign contractors, hurting future growth prospects.
More information is available on the World Bank’s website.
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