International Political Economy and the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak

African Studies Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 223-236

  Benton, Adia ^a   Dionne, Kim Yi ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; political economy; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953838839     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/asr.2015.11     Document Type: Review

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