1. Ebola, Liberia, and the “Cult of Bankable Projects”
- Author:
- Shefa Siegel
- Publication Date:
- 03-2016
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- Fragile states are unable to cope with additional shocks like Ebola; without passable roads, electricity, and social solidarity there is no viable way to administer basic medical care or prevent minerals from illegally crossing porous borders, much less suddenly contain a runaway virus. Yet instead of addressing core issues of state failure, development aid continues pushing narrowly focused agendas that have little meaning in places where institutions and infrastructure are broken. Why, in response to the disastrous events we saw unfolding in Liberia, were we not calling for public and private investment in the region to be shifted from one bureaucratic budget line to another?
- Topic:
- Development, Humanitarian Aid, Infectious Diseases, Health Care Policy, and Ebola