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Economywide Impact of Avian Flu in Ghana: A Dynamic CGE Model Analysis

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Publication date
27/12/2010
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Health & Diseases
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Commodity:
Livestock
Source
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/HPAI/wp15_IFPRI.pdf
Author
Xinshen Diao

The primary goal of this paper is to provide a quantitative assessment of the economywide impact of HPAI in Ghana under different scenarios. A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model for Ghana has been developed for this study, and a recent (2005) social accounting matrix with a detailed production structure at both national and sub-national levels is used as the dataset for this analysis.