Identifying drivers of deforestation in tropical biodiversity hotspots is critical to assess threats
to particular ecosystems and species and proactively plan for conservation. We analyzed …

This paper proposes a new identification strategy to estimate the causal impact of illicit drug
markets on violence using a panel of Colombian municipalities covering the period 1994 …

Oscillations in opium poppy production in Afghanistan have long been associated with how
the state was perceived, such as after the Taliban imposed a cultivation ban in 2000-1. The …

Alejandro Gaviria es Ph. D. en Economía de la Universidad de California (San Diego).
Actualmente es decano de la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad de los Andes. Ha …

Son muchas políticas de corte represivo las que se han implementado desde hace más de
50 años por parte de los países productores y consumidores de drogas, con el fi n no solo …

We model the war on drugs in source countries as a conflict over scarce inputs in successive
levels of the production and trafficking chain, and study how policies aimed at different …

This paper reviews the unintended consequences of the war on drugs, particularly for
developing countries, and weighs them against the evidence regarding the efficacy of …

Between 2006 and 2019, Bolivia emerged as a world leader in formulating a participatory,
non-violent model to gradually limit coca production in a safe and sustainable manner while …

The concept of alternative development (AD) in international drug control has evolved over
the past four decades, with several major milestones between the two United Nations …

El artículo propone una revisión crítica de la literatura clave hasta la fecha en la
construcción de la teoría económica de los bienes ilegales, haciendo énfasis en los trabajos …