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Conflicting Agendas: The Politics of Development Aid in Drug-Producing Areas

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  • Linda Farthing
  • Benjamin Kohl

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When international development policy prioritises goals determined by the donor's domestic policy concerns, aid agencies not only fail in their development objectives but can also generate conflict in the recipient country. In the Bolivian Chapare, where the United States is driven by the need to demonstrate success in controlling cocaine production, policies to eradicate coca leaf have led to programmes with limited development impact that increase conflict both locally and nationally. In contrast, the European Union's successful collaboration with local governments which began in 1998 provides insights into generating sustainable development and de-escalating conflict in drug-producing regions worldwide. Copyright Overseas Development Institute, 2005.

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  • Linda Farthing & Benjamin Kohl, 2005. "Conflicting Agendas: The Politics of Development Aid in Drug-Producing Areas," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 23(2), pages 183-198, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devpol:v:23:y:2005:i:2:p:183-198
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    1. Ceron, Carlos Alberto Avila & De los Rios-Carmenado, Ignacio & Martín Fernández, Susana, 2018. "Illicit crops substitution and rural prosperity in armed conflict areas: A conceptual proposal based on the Working With People model in Colombia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 201-214.
    2. Grisaffi, Thomas & Farthing, Linda & Ledebur, Kathryn & Paredes, Maritza & Pastor, Alvaro, 2021. "From criminals to citizens: The applicability of Bolivia’s community-based coca control policy to Peru," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    3. Ali Unlu & Alican Kapti, 2012. "Failed alternative development programs: an implementation analysis of coca supply-reduction programs in Bolivia," International Journal of Public Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(1/2/3), pages 160-179.
    4. Brombacher, Daniel & Westerbarkei, Jan, 2019. "From alternative development to sustainable development: the role of development within the global drug control regime," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 100344, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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