Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Selected Issues
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Summary:
This Selected Issues paper aims to measure the impact of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic on economic growth in Sierra Leone. A novel empirical approach is used, which is based on a Difference in Differences setup, called the Synthetic Control Method. The model suggests that EVD had a severe impact on growth. In 2014, the first year EVD hit the country, the impact on real growth excluding iron ore is estimated to be more than 5 percentage points. It is suggested that in outer years, the severity of the impact will lessen, and growth will converge to its normal path by 2018.
Series:
Country Report No. 2016/237
Subject:
Contingent liabilities Ebola Export diversification Exports Fiscal risks Health International trade Public financial management (PFM)
English
Publication Date:
July 21, 2016
ISBN/ISSN:
9781498369824/1934-7685
Stock No:
1SLEEA2016002
Pages:
41
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