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The Global Economic and Financial Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic and the Role of the IMF

March 23, 2006

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International Monetary Fund. The Global Economic and Financial Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic and the Role of the IMF, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed 12/24/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451927764.054

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Summary

This paper, prepared by a working group of IMF staff, provides a preliminary assessment of the risks and potential impact to the global economy and financial system from a possible avian flu pandemic, discusses the IMF’s role in helping member countries prepare their economic and financial systems for such a pandemic, and summarizes common elements of business continuity planning in the financial sector

Subject: Avian flu, Balance of payments, Balance of payments need, Banking, Communicable diseases, COVID-19, Financial regulation and supervision, Health, Operational risk

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Avian flu, Balance of payments need, Communicable diseases, COVID-19, Europe, Fund staff, Global, global economic system, influenza pandemic, North America, Operational risk, PAM, pandemic virus, plague pandemic, policy recommendation, such pandemic