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Progress Report to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on Fund Initiatives to Promote Avian Flu Preparedness
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International Monetary Fund
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Series:
Policy Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2006: Issue 019
Language:
English
Publication Date:
18 Apr 2006
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498332682.007
ISBN:
9781498332682
ISSN:
2663-3493
Pages:
3
Keywords:
PP; business continuity planner; AFP preparedness; fund staff; planner; fund mission; avian flu preparedness; Operational risk; Avian flu; COVID-19; Financial sector; Global
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There is widespread concern about the possibility of an avian flu pandemic and its implications for humans, and for the global economic and financial system. While the H5N1 virus cannot transmit efficiently from human to human in its present form, a mutation allowing such transmission could lead to a pandemic that might have high costs. Accordingly, the Fund has been active in raising awareness about the potential economic and financial risks of a pandemic, and in helping member countries to undertake contingency planning in their financial sectors.
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ISSN:
2663-3493
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund