Tuesday, December 30, 2014

IMF focus on cutting debt over health spending worsened Ebola in Africa: study

IMF Managing Director Lagarde points to a button as she speaks during the IMFC news conference during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was partially responsible for the scale of the Ebola crisis in three West African countries as its policies hampered healthcare spending in these post-conflict states, according to a new study. Conditions on IMF loans to Guinea, Sierra Leona and Liberia over the past two decades prioritized debt repayments and building foreign exchange reserves over healthcare spending, said research by professors from three leading UK universities. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/imf-focus-cutting-debt-over-health-spending-worsened-130016748--sector.html

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