Bolivia and Coca: A Study in Dependency

✍ Scribed by James Painter

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 208
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

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)