The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today recommended that creditors should seriously consider debt cancellation for the countries worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and also projected that even if those most affected were to register zero economic growth, the impact on Africa as a continent would be minimal.
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Ebola: UN forum urges debt relief for hard-hit countries, as search for faster diagnostics gets underway
- 15 December 2014

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