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Ebola and corruption: Overcoming critical governance challenges in a crisis situation

Since the end of 2013, the Ebola virus disease has been ravaging the economies and societies of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Conakry, infecting over 20,000 people by the end of 2014. The disease also spread to Nigeria, though it was quickly contained. An estimated $1 billion in international public and private aid has been dispersed to these countries to try to stem the epidemic (Grépin 2015). Corruption played a key role in the outbreak, spread, and slow containment of Ebola in these affected countries.

8 April 2015
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Ebola and corruption: Overcoming critical governance challenges in a crisis situation

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Divjak, B.; Dupuy, K. (2015) Ebola and corruption: Overcoming critical governance challenges in a crisis situation. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2015:04) 4 p.

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Boris Divjak
Kendra Dupuy

Dr. Kendra Dupuy is a political economist working on research about natural resource and energy management, the education sector, and civil society. Formerly a Senior Adviser at U4, she is currently an affiliated researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute.

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