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UN warns of economic hardship in Ebola-hit countries as World Bank agrees finance package
Nov 06, 2014, at 07:25 pm
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): As the United Nations warned that the Ebola outbreak is deepening the socio-economic challenges faced by the hardest hit countries in West Africa, the World Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), announced a package of some $450 million in commercial financing that will enable trade, investment, and employment in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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