Illicit animal trade and infectious diseases

IF 5.4 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106969

Cosimo Beverelli , Rohit Ticku

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Abstract

Can evasionary practices in the commercial trade of live animals spread infectious animal diseases? We analyze the link between discrepancies in the traded value of live animals that are reported by partner countries – a proxy measure which has been used in the trade literature to uncover evidence on smuggling across items like antiques, cultural property, or natural resources – and infectious animal diseases. The results imply that a 1% increase in illicit live animal trade is associated with a 0.3% to 0.5% rise in infection cases in animals, which is driven by evasionary practices like species mis-classification and under-pricing. Crucially, we demonstrate that robust border inspections effectively curb these risks, offering a practical tool to combat the spread of animal diseases through illicit live animal trade.

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非法动物贸易和传染病

在活体动物商业贸易中的逃避行为是否会传播动物传染病？我们分析了伙伴国报告的活体动物贸易价值差异与动物传染病之间的联系——贸易文献中使用的一种替代措施，用于发现古董、文化财产或自然资源等物品走私的证据。结果表明，非法活体动物贸易每增加1%，动物感染病例就会增加0.3%至0.5%，这是由物种错误分类和定价过低等逃避行为造成的。至关重要的是，我们证明了强有力的边境检查有效地遏制了这些风险，为打击通过非法活体动物贸易传播动物疾病提供了一种实用工具。

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来源期刊

World Development Multiple-

CiteScore

12.70

自引率

5.80%

发文量

320

期刊介绍： World Development is a multi-disciplinary monthly journal of development studies. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as: poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, disease, lack of shelter, environmental degradation, inadequate scientific and technological resources, trade and payments imbalances, international debt, gender and ethnic discrimination, militarism and civil conflict, and lack of popular participation in economic and political life. Contributions offer constructive ideas and analysis, and highlight the lessons to be learned from the experiences of different nations, societies, and economies.