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Can Production and Trafficking of Illicit Drugs be Reduced or Merely Shifted?

dc.contributor.author Reuter, Peter
dc.date.accessioned 2012-05-29T14:49:41Z
dc.date.available 2012-05-29T14:49:41Z
dc.date.issued 2008-03
dc.description.abstract The production of cocaine and heroin, the two most important drugs economically, has been concentrated in a small number of poor nations for 25 years. A slightly larger number of developing nations have been affected by large-scale trafficking in these two drugs. This paper reviews what is known about drug control programs and considers non-traditional options. The usual array of programs for suppressing drug problems, enforcement, treatment, harm reduction and prevention have been assessed almost exclusively in wealthy nations. Although treatment has been shown to be cost-effective, it is of minimal relevance for reducing the drug problems of nations such as Afghanistan, Colombia, Mexico or Tajikistan, which are primarily harmed by production and trafficking rather than consumption. Efforts to reduce drug production and trafficking have not been subject to systematic evaluation but the best interpretation of the available evidence is that they have had minimal effect on the quantities produced or trafficked. It is reasonable to conclude that international drug control efforts can do more to affect where these drugs are produced rather than the quantity. If that is the case, and given that spreading a specific level of production or trafficking to more rather than fewer nations probably decreases global welfare, it may be appropriate to consider a less aggressive stance to current producers and to make strategic decisions about the location of an industry producing a global bad. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9087385/can-production-trafficking-illicit-drugs-reduced-or-merely-shifted
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6531
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4564
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABUSE
dc.subject ADDICTION
dc.subject ADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject ALCOHOL
dc.subject ALCOHOLIC
dc.subject ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
dc.subject ANALGESICS
dc.subject BAN
dc.subject BOUNDARIES
dc.subject CANNABIS
dc.subject CARTEL
dc.subject CENTRAL AMERICA
dc.subject CENTRAL ASIAN
dc.subject CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject CIVIL WAR
dc.subject COCAINE
dc.subject COCAINE USE
dc.subject COMMERCE
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject CONFLICT
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject COST INCREASE
dc.subject COUNTERPARTS
dc.subject CRACK
dc.subject CRIME
dc.subject CRIMINAL
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject DRUG
dc.subject DRUG ABUSE
dc.subject DRUG CONSUMPTION
dc.subject DRUG CONTROL PROGRAM
dc.subject DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
dc.subject DRUG CZAR
dc.subject DRUG POLICIES
dc.subject DRUG SEIZURES
dc.subject DRUG TRADE
dc.subject DRUG TRAFFICKERS
dc.subject DRUG TRAFFICKING
dc.subject DRUG USE
dc.subject DRUG USERS
dc.subject EAST EUROPE
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject ELASTICITY
dc.subject ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subject EXPENDITURE
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject EXPORT MARKETS
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject EXTRADITION
dc.subject FAIR
dc.subject FIXED COSTS
dc.subject FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject HEROIN
dc.subject HOSTAGE
dc.subject ILLEGAL DRUGS
dc.subject ILLICIT DRUG
dc.subject ILLICIT DRUG TRADE
dc.subject ILLICIT DRUG USE
dc.subject ILLICIT DRUGS
dc.subject INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject INTEGRITY
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADING
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TREATY
dc.subject LAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject MACROECONOMICS
dc.subject MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject MARIJUANA
dc.subject MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MATHEMATICAL MODELS
dc.subject MEETING
dc.subject MILITARY LEADER
dc.subject MONOPOLY
dc.subject MORPHINE
dc.subject MURDERS
dc.subject NARCOTIC
dc.subject NARCOTICS
dc.subject NARCOTICS CONTROL
dc.subject NATIONS
dc.subject OBSERVERS
dc.subject OPIATE
dc.subject OPIATE ABUSE
dc.subject OPIATE ADDICTS
dc.subject OPIATE USERS
dc.subject OPIATES
dc.subject OPIUM
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE
dc.subject POLICE
dc.subject POPPIES
dc.subject PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject PRICE SUPPORT
dc.subject PRISON
dc.subject PRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PURCHASE PRICE
dc.subject PURCHASING
dc.subject RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject RETAIL
dc.subject RETAIL PRICE
dc.subject RETAIL PRICES
dc.subject REVOLUTION
dc.subject ROAD
dc.subject ROADS
dc.subject SALE
dc.subject SALES
dc.subject SANCTIONS
dc.subject SELLING DRUGS
dc.subject SMUGGLER
dc.subject SMUGGLERS
dc.subject SOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject SOLDIERS
dc.subject SOUTH AMERICA
dc.subject SOUTH AMERICAN
dc.subject SPREAD
dc.subject SUBSTITUTE
dc.subject SUBSTITUTION
dc.subject SUPPLIER
dc.subject SUPPLIERS
dc.subject THEFT
dc.subject TOBACCO
dc.subject TRAFFICKING
dc.subject VALUE ADDED
dc.subject VICTIMS
dc.subject VIOLENCE
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WEALTH
dc.subject WEST EUROPE
dc.subject WESTERN EUROPE
dc.subject WHOLESALE PRICES
dc.subject WHOLESALER
dc.subject WORLD MARKET
dc.subject WORLD TRADE
dc.subject WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.title Can Production and Trafficking of Illicit Drugs be Reduced or Merely Shifted? en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9087385/can-production-trafficking-illicit-drugs-reduced-or-merely-shifted
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4564
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20080318133751
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 9087385
okr.identifier.report WPS4564
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.administrative South Asia
okr.region.administrative Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country Colombia
okr.region.country Tajikistan
okr.region.country Mexico
okr.region.country Afghanistan
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access
okr.topic Conflict and Development :: Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topic Social Development :: Crime and Society
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Alcohol and Substance Abuse
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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