TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mejia,Daniel
AU  - Mejia,Daniel
AU  - Posada,Carlos Esteban
TI  - Cocaine Production and Trafficking: What Do We Know ? 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Alcohol and Substance Abuse
KW  - Anxiety
KW  - Cocaine
KW  - Crack
KW  - Crime
KW  - Crime and Society
KW  - Crops and Crop Management Systems
KW  - Drug consumption
KW  - Economic Theory and Research
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Headaches
KW  - Health Monitoring and Evaluation
KW  - Health, Nutrition and Population
KW  - Isolation
KW  - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
KW  - Social Development
KW  - Sodium
KW  - Violence
N2  - The main purpose of this paper is to summarize the information currently available on cocaine production and trafficking. The paper starts by describing the available data on cocaine production and trade, the collection methodologies (if available) used by different sources, the main biases in the data, and the accuracy of different data sources. Next, it states some of the key empirical questions and hypotheses regarding cocaine production and trade and takes a first look at how well the data match these hypotheses. The paper states some of the main puzzles in the cocaine market and studies some of the possible explanations. These puzzles and empirical questions should guide future research on the key determinants of illicit drug production and trafficking. Finally, the paper studies the different policies that producer countries have adopted to fight against cocaine production and the role consumer countries play in the implementation of anti-drug policies
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-4618
ER  -