How multinationals exploited a health crisis to accelerate deforestation in Liberia
Sonno, T. & Zufacchi, D.
(18 March 2022)
How multinationals exploited a health crisis to accelerate deforestation in Liberia.
Africa at LSE.
The way multinational enterprises conduct themselves during periods of crisis, such as an epidemic, is of key importance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A health crisis may alter the short-run incentives of some multinationals, encouraging rapacity towards natural resources. Tommaso Sonno and Davide Zufacchi explain that this is what happened in Liberia during the Ebola epidemic in 2014-15.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2022 The Authors |
| Departments | LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance |
| Date Deposited | 28 Jun 2022 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114648 |