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Unexploited potential? What role can international financial institutions play in drugs and development?

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This paper assesses the potential for and obstacles to engagement on drugs issues from a development perspective by the World Bank and other International Financial Institutions, based on a review of the World Bank’s experience in Afghanistan as well as more general institutional aspects. Afghanistan demonstrates both the possibilities and benefits as well as the limitations of World Bank/IFI engagement on drugs and development. Prospects for duplicating, let alone exceeding, the level of Bank engagement on drugs seen in Afghanistan would not appear to be good. With pro-active encouragement and support by member countries of the World Bank/IFIs, however, there may be some entry points in major drug-producing countries and relating to global themes such as money-laundering or illicit-economic activities.

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  • Byrd, William A., 2019. "Unexploited potential? What role can international financial institutions play in drugs and development?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 100366, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:100366
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    Keywords

    Illicit narcotics; Drugs and Development; World Bank; International Financial Institutions; Afghanistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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