Afghanistan : economic incentives and development initiatives to reduce opium production / Christopher Ward, David Mansfield, Peter Oldham and William Byrd.
Byrd, William.
Mansfield, David.
Ward, Christopher.
Oldham, Peter.
ACKU
Kabul : World Bank, DFID, 2008.
xx, 101 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Opium poppy – Afghanistan.
Opium trade – Economic aspects – Afghanistan.
Narcotics, Control of – Afghanistan.
Drug traffic – Government policy – Afghanistan.
Law enforcement – Afghanistan.
Opium trade – Economic aspects – Afghanistan.
Narcotics, Control of – Afghanistan.
Drug traffic – Government policy – Afghanistan.
Law enforcement – Afghanistan.
Pamphlet SB 295 .O65 .B973 /2008
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
15661 15662
Includes bibliography (p. 95-100).
Summary: This report discusses how to progressively reduce Afghanistan’s dependence on opium by development initiatives and shifting economic incentives toward sustainable legal livelihoods. It identifies responses that can counterbalance the economic advantages of opium.
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