WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
REGIONAL COMMITTEE Sixtieth session Hong Kong (China) 21–25 September 2009 Provisional agenda item 10
WPR/RC60/INF.DOC.1 7 September 2009 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND HEALTH IMPACTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC This information refers to the document WPR/RC/60/5 prepared for agenda item 10: Global financial crisis and health impacts in Asia and the Pacific. It provides an update reflecting new information that has become available since the original document was prepared. GDP growth estimates have been revised based on the latest available data (see Table 1a). Estimates will need to be further updated as new data emerge. There are also country-by-country differences in GDP growth estimates by various institutions. Table 1a: Economic forecast in selected Asian and OECD countries (update to Table 1 of document: WPR/RC/60/5) Country 2008 2.3 6.2 5.0 9.0 0.3 1.3 2.4 6.1 6.1 -0.7 4.6 11.3 -1.0 2.0 3.8 2.2 1.2 6.0 2.6 0.7 1.1 6.2 Real GDP growth (%) Year 2009 0.2 5.9 -3.0 8.1 -3.0 -6.2 -5.4 5.5 4.1 -6.2 -5.0 9.6 -2.1 3.7 -1.0 -1.8 -6.2 2.9 -4.5 -4.2 -2.6 4.2
Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China France* Germany* Hong Kong (China) India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Mongolia** New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* United States of America* Viet Nam
2010 0.8 5.2 2.2 8.5 0.4 -0.6 2.6 6.3 4.4 1.3 3.3 10.0 1.2 2.7 3.7 2.0 3.2 5.9 2.1 0.2 0.8 4.8
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit (The Economist), August 2009 update except for: * World Economic Outlook Update, International Monetary Fund, July 2009; ** no more up to date figures available since draft document.