Three lessons from the Ebola crisis for Sierra Leone's government and investors

The current Ebola crisis has killed or infected thousands of people and caused massive disruptions to peoples’ lives and Sierra Leone’s economy. This briefing argues that the crisis offers three main lessons to the government and companies working in Sierra Leone.
The first is that insufficient spending on health has left the country vulnerable to
the spread of Ebola.
The second is that the government is giving away too much revenue in tax
incentives to foreign investors that should be spent on promoting the health of
the country’s people.
The third is that companies in Sierra Leone receiving those generous tax
incentives should now recognise that these are short-sighted and that their own
self-interest lies in contributing greater tax revenues and championing better
public services.