Poor planning and wrong policy choices may be compounding the
problems afflicting Western African nations. As Adam Nossiter notes in his NYTIMES piece:
“Ebola — the reality
and the hysteria over it — is having a serious economic impact on Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone, three West African nations already at the bottom of
global economic and social indicators. Aggravating both the financial and
social consequences, these countries and their frightened neighbors are
imposing concentric circles of quarantines, cutting off neighborhoods, regions
and even whole nations.”