Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond

Demombynes, Gabriel

Working Paper

Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond

collection.link.145	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7735
collection.name.145	World Development Report Background Papers
dc.contributor.author	Demombynes, Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-27T16:09:58Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-27T16:09:58Z
dc.date.issued	2011-04
dc.date.lastModified	2017-12-13T14:41:55Z
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the relationship between narcotics trafficking and violence in Central America. The first part of the paper addresses particular questions posed for the 2011 World Development Report and examines several competing hypothesis on the drivers of crime in Central America. A key finding is that areas exposed to intense narcotics trafficking in Central America suffer from higher homicide rates. Drug trafficking has corrupted state institutions, which have been overwhelmed by the resources deployed by trafficking organizations. The second part of the paper reviews the reasons drug trafficking and anti trafficking enforcement are associated with violence in general and consider policy options.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761351468235453648/Drug-trafficking-and-violence-in-Central-America-and-beyond
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27333
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Development Report 2011 Background Papers;
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	ABUSES
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ALCOHOL
dc.subject	AMBASSADOR
dc.subject	ARMED CONFLICT
dc.subject	ARMED CONFLICTS
dc.subject	ARMED FORCES
dc.subject	BATTLES
dc.subject	BRIBE
dc.subject	BRIBERY
dc.subject	BRIBES
dc.subject	BURGLARY
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	CIVIL WAR
dc.subject	CIVIL WARS
dc.subject	COCAINE
dc.subject	COERCION
dc.subject	COMPLAINT
dc.subject	CONFIDENCE
dc.subject	CONFLICT
dc.subject	CONFLICT RESOLUTION
dc.subject	CORRUPT
dc.subject	CORRUPT OFFICIALS
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.subject	COURTS
dc.subject	CRIME
dc.subject	CRIME PREVENTION
dc.subject	CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES
dc.subject	CRIME RATES
dc.subject	CRIMES
dc.subject	CRIMINAL
dc.subject	CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject	CRIMINAL COURT
dc.subject	CRIMINAL JUSTICE
dc.subject	CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS
dc.subject	CRIMINAL SANCTIONS
dc.subject	CRIMINALITY
dc.subject	CRIMINALS
dc.subject	DEATHS
dc.subject	DEMOBILIZATION
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DRUG
dc.subject	DRUG SEIZURES
dc.subject	DRUG TRADE
dc.subject	DRUG TRAFFICKERS
dc.subject	DRUG TRAFFICKING
dc.subject	DRUG USE
dc.subject	DRUGS
dc.subject	DUE PROCESS
dc.subject	EXTRADITION
dc.subject	EXTRADITION TREATY
dc.subject	FIGHTING
dc.subject	FIREARM
dc.subject	FIREARMS
dc.subject	GANG
dc.subject	GANG MEMBERS
dc.subject	GANGS
dc.subject	GUERRILLA
dc.subject	GUERRILLA GROUPS
dc.subject	GUN
dc.subject	GUNS
dc.subject	HEROIN
dc.subject	HOMICIDE
dc.subject	HOMICIDE RATE
dc.subject	HOMICIDE RATES
dc.subject	HOMICIDES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	ILLICIT DRUG
dc.subject	ILLICIT DRUGS
dc.subject	INITIATIVE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	INVESTIGATION
dc.subject	JUDICIAL CORRUPTION
dc.subject	JUDICIARY
dc.subject	KIDNAPPING
dc.subject	LAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	LAW-ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEADERSHIP
dc.subject	LEVELS OF CRIME
dc.subject	LIABILITY
dc.subject	MARIJUANA
dc.subject	MARIJUANA USE
dc.subject	MONEY LAUNDERING
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MURDER
dc.subject	MURDER RATE
dc.subject	MURDER RATES
dc.subject	MURDERS
dc.subject	NARCOTICS
dc.subject	NARCOTICS CONTROL
dc.subject	NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
dc.subject	NATIONS
dc.subject	OFFENSE
dc.subject	ORGANIZED CRIME
dc.subject	PAYOFFS
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	PENAL SANCTIONS
dc.subject	PENALTIES
dc.subject	PERPETRATORS
dc.subject	POLICE
dc.subject	POLICE OFFICERS
dc.subject	POLITICIAN
dc.subject	POLITICIANS
dc.subject	PRETRIAL DETENTION
dc.subject	PRISON
dc.subject	PRISONS
dc.subject	PROBATION
dc.subject	PROSECUTION
dc.subject	PROSECUTORS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subject	PUBLIC OPINION
dc.subject	REPRESSION
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROBBERY
dc.subject	SAFE HAVENS
dc.subject	SECURITY FORCES
dc.subject	STATE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	TOBACCO
dc.subject	TORTURE
dc.subject	TREATIES
dc.subject	TRIALS
dc.subject	VICTIMS
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	VIOLENT CONFLICT
dc.subject	VIOLENT CRIME
dc.subject	WARFARE
dc.subject	WEAPONS
dc.subject	WORLD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	YOUNG MALES
dc.subject	YOUNG MEN
dc.subject	YOUTH
dc.subject	YOUTH GANGS
dc.title	Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
okr.date.disclosure	2011-05-30
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761351468235453648/Drug-trafficking-and-violence-in-Central-America-and-beyond
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	14266056
okr.identifier.report	62031
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761351468235453648/pdf/620310WP0Drug00BOX0361475B00PUBLIC0.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographical	Central America
okr.topic	Conflict and Development :: Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Adolescent Health
okr.topic	Social Development :: Crime and Society
okr.topic	Social Development :: Children and Youth
okr.topic	Law and Development :: Corruption & Anticorruption Law
okr.unit	AFT: PREM 2 (AFTP2)

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