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Innocent bystanders :

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developing countries and the war on drugs /

Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza, editors.

Washington DC :

World Bank,

2010.

1 online resource (xxiii, 362 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drug prohibition and developing countries : uncertain benefits, certain costs / Philip Keefer, Norman Loayza, and Rodrigo Soares -- The historical foundations of the narcotic drug control regime / Julia Buxton -- Can production and trafficking of illicit drugs be reduced or merely shifted? / Peter Reuter -- Evaluating plan colombia / Daniel Mejía -- General equilibrium analysis of the market for illegal drugs / Rómulo Chumacero -- Competitive advantages in the production and trafficking of coca-cocaine and opium-heroine in Afghanistan and the Andean countries / Francisco Thoumi -- Cocaine production and trafficking : what do we know? / Daniel Mejía and Carlos E. Posada -- Responding to Afghanistan's opium economy challenge : lessons and policy implications form a development perspectiva / William Byrd.

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The drug policies of wealthy consuming countries emphasize criminalization, interdiction, and eradication. Such extreme responses to social challenges risk unintended, costly consequences. The evidence presented in this volume is that these consequences are high in the case of current drug policies, particularly for poor transit and producer countries. These costs include the deaths of thousands in the conflict between drug cartels and security forces, political instability, and the infiltration of criminal elements into governments, on the one hand; and increased narcotics use in countries th.

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Innocent bystanders.

Drug control-- Developing countries.

Drug traffic-- Developing countries.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.

Drug control.

Drug traffic.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.

Developing countries.

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Loayza, Norman.

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