Bolivia and Coca : : A Study in Dependency / / James Painter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Painter, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (175 p.)

Painter lucidly describes Bolivia's coca boom, the development of its cocaine industry, and the catastrophic consequences of both.

Table of Contents

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 -- IBTA-Chapare -- 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)