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Bolivia and Coca : A Study in Dependency / James Painter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Painter, James, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Painter lucidly describes Bolivia's coca boom, the development of its cocaine industry, and the catastrophic consequences of both.
- 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)
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)
- ISBN:
- 1-68585-896-1
- OCLC:
- 1394871928
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