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Economics of Avian Flu Policy

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Publication date
25/05/2009
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Asia and the Pacific
Focus Topic:
Health & Diseases
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Commodity:
Livestock
Source
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/HPAI/FAO_2009_HPAI_rbr18.pdf
Author
Sproul, T.; Zilberman, D.; Ifft, J.; Roland-Holst, D.; Otte, J.

This briefing looks at the economic aspects of avian influenza and its control. An economic framework for public policy design will aim to minimize the total expected costs of lost livestock, a risk to people, and prevention, control, and treatment of the disease in poultry and humans. The cost of lost livestock includes both costs to farmers and welfare losses to consumers.