世界银行警告埃博拉将重创西非经济

2014-10-10 16:17:30来源：可可英语

　　According to the World Bank’s estimates in a “Low Ebola” scenario, which would see theoutbreak contained to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by the end of this year, the impact ongross domestic product would amount to $3.8bn by the end of 2015.

　　根据世行的预估，在“低危埃博拉”情景下，埃博拉疫情将在今年底被控制在几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂以内，到2015年底，疫情对国内生产总值(GDP)的影响将达到38亿美元。

　　Under a “High Ebola” scenario, in which the outbreak spreads to neighbouring countries, theregion’s economy would lose $7.4bn this year and a further $25.2bn in 2015, or theequivalent of 3.3 per cent of regional gross domestic product. Despite the dire forecasts, theIMF still believes Sierra Leone will this year and next be one of the world’s top-10 fastestgrowing economies.

　　而在“高危埃博拉”的情景下，疫情将扩散到邻近国家，该地区的经济将在今年内损失74亿美元，并在2015年再损失252亿美元，相当于该地区GDP的3.3%。尽管世行作出可怕的前景预测，但国际货币基金组织(IMF)仍认为，塞拉利昂在今年和明年都将是世界上增长最快的10个经济体之一。

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