Bolivia and Coca : : A Study in Dependency / / James Painter.
Painter lucidly describes Bolivia's coca boom, the development of its cocaine industry, and the catastrophic consequences of both.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
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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)