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Bolivia and Coca
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- Media type: E-Book
- Title: Bolivia and Coca : A Study in Dependency
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Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Maps of South America, Bolivia, and the Chapare
1 The Rise of Coca
The Coca Boom
The Income from Coca
2 From Coca to Cocaine
Coca Farmers, Rural Elites, and Paste Production
From Paste to Cocaine
3 The Coca-Cocaine Economy
Production and Value
Employment
Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia
4 The Costs and Benefits
The Economic Effects
Financial Speculation
Food Production
The Impact on the Environment
Consumption
Corruption
5 Policies to Curb the Drug Trade
Legislation
Interdiction
Eradication
Military Options
6 Alternative Development
Introduction
Aid for Alternative Development
The Chapare Regional Development Project
Alternative Crops
Associated High Valleys Project
Credit Policy
The United Nations Projects
Further Observations
7 Conclusions
Notes
Glossary of Acronyms
Bibliography
Index
About the Book and Author
About the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the United Nations University (UNU)
- Contributor: Painter, James [VerfasserIn]
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imprint:
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2023
- Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (175 p.)
- Language: English
- DOI: 10.1515/9781685858964
- ISBN: 9781685858964
- Identifier:
- Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American
- Origination:
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Footnote:
In English
- Description: Painter lucidly describes Bolivia's coca boom, the development of its cocaine industry, and the catastrophic consequences of both
- Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB