The IMF said on Wednesday that its executive board was due to - TopicsExpress



          

The IMF said on Wednesday that its executive board was due to consider a proposal to give Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone an additional $127m (£78m; 98m euros) to combat the economic impact of Ebola. The governments of the three countries have requested additional IMF support to help cover the acute financing needs they are facing as a result of the outbreak, said IMF managing director Christine Lagarde. The organisation said its staff had estimated that growth was likely to slow in all three countries because of disruption in key sectors. It estimates that the countries will face a shortage of $300m in the next six to nine months. Also on Wednesday, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) reported that one of its workers had contracted Ebola in Liberia. The charity said the female employee, a French citizen, would be evacuated to a treatment centre in France.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:25:37 +0000

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