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The integration of businesses into global supply chains has led to dramatic increases in their competitive advantage or supply chain surpluses.However,these benefits are significantly undermined by unfavorable factors deriving from both nature and humans themselves.Unexpected disruptions due to internal and external challenges such as changes in customer demand and natural events or disasters such as earthquakes,tsunamis,floods,etc.have exacerbated these graving menaces.Analysis of data from EM-DAT shows that the world experienced13,184catastrophic events between2000and2019.This claimed the lives of more than149,247people and caused economic losses of more than$2.5trillion.
This thesis project assesses and evaluates the impacts of disasters on supply chain systems in the Mano River Union(MRU).In particular,the paper presents a science-based narrative and analysis of the impact of the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD)on the supply chains of the major commodities of the Mano River Union(MRU)countries of West Africa using Liberia as a case study.Up to today,there have been no completed work of this kind from the perspective of supply chain management into the issues of humanitarian disaster in the Mano River Union.This project seeks to narrow that gap at the same time serving a pioneering role for future research.This research project reveals,among others,the significant disruption to the flow of goods and the decrease in output of the main export commodities of the MRU using Liberia as a study point.It also shows a decline in the real GDP growth rates of MRU countries in the Ebola years.The paper identifies that the specific mechanisms through which the supply chains were disrupted were a result of fear and government regulation.Additionally,in its efforts,this project presents a model that can be used to evaluate the impact and occurrence factors for the major disasters occurring in the region.This is made possible by using Bilsel&Ravindran risk impact model formulation.
Data and information in this paper are largely collected from scientific works of literature from appropriate journals,newspapers,trade data of applicable ministries and governmental agencies,data on Ebola are from the World Health Organization(WHO),Food and Agricultural Organization(FAO),Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC),World Bank,and the International Monetary Funds(IMF).Other data sources include publications from ECOWAS,AU,Red Cross,the Global Risks Report and other relevant institutions are used extensively while also employing a market chain approach to represent the overall supply chain scenarios of the effects on trades.
Given the complex web of supply chains of just a single product and its risk factors,this paper in no way gives an exhaustive coverage of the impact of the EVD or any other major disruptions on supply chains of commodities dealt with herein,let alone the overall impact of EVD on the countries as a whole.Obviously,this project is also limited in terms of scope and extent but serves as a useful introduction to investigators who might want to commit to research in this particular aspect of the impact of the EVD vis-a-vis its impact on supply chains in any of the MRU Countries.
This thesis project assesses and evaluates the impacts of disasters on supply chain systems in the Mano River Union(MRU).In particular,the paper presents a science-based narrative and analysis of the impact of the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD)on the supply chains of the major commodities of the Mano River Union(MRU)countries of West Africa using Liberia as a case study.Up to today,there have been no completed work of this kind from the perspective of supply chain management into the issues of humanitarian disaster in the Mano River Union.This project seeks to narrow that gap at the same time serving a pioneering role for future research.This research project reveals,among others,the significant disruption to the flow of goods and the decrease in output of the main export commodities of the MRU using Liberia as a study point.It also shows a decline in the real GDP growth rates of MRU countries in the Ebola years.The paper identifies that the specific mechanisms through which the supply chains were disrupted were a result of fear and government regulation.Additionally,in its efforts,this project presents a model that can be used to evaluate the impact and occurrence factors for the major disasters occurring in the region.This is made possible by using Bilsel&Ravindran risk impact model formulation.
Data and information in this paper are largely collected from scientific works of literature from appropriate journals,newspapers,trade data of applicable ministries and governmental agencies,data on Ebola are from the World Health Organization(WHO),Food and Agricultural Organization(FAO),Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC),World Bank,and the International Monetary Funds(IMF).Other data sources include publications from ECOWAS,AU,Red Cross,the Global Risks Report and other relevant institutions are used extensively while also employing a market chain approach to represent the overall supply chain scenarios of the effects on trades.
Given the complex web of supply chains of just a single product and its risk factors,this paper in no way gives an exhaustive coverage of the impact of the EVD or any other major disruptions on supply chains of commodities dealt with herein,let alone the overall impact of EVD on the countries as a whole.Obviously,this project is also limited in terms of scope and extent but serves as a useful introduction to investigators who might want to commit to research in this particular aspect of the impact of the EVD vis-a-vis its impact on supply chains in any of the MRU Countries.