Economywide impact of avian flu in Ghana: A dynamic CGE model analysis

We use a dynamic CGE model to quantitatively assess the economywide impact of HPAI in Ghana. The likely effect of an avian flu outbreak is modeled as demand or supply shocks to the poultry sector. Our analysis shows that, while chicken is a quite small sector of the Ghanaian economy, the shock in ch...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Diao, Xinshen
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
Subjects:	avian influenza developing countries computable general equilibrium models food safety
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161852