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Is forced erradication of coca crops effective?

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Is forced erradication of coca crops effective? Authors: Tatiana Martínez, Edgar Castro In Colombia, several attempts have been made to control coca leaf production through aerial eradication, manual eradication, and voluntary crop substitution. Available results from areas throughout the country suggest that these measures have not been successful and have instead had negative effects on the population. Rigorous studies on the effectiveness of anti-drug policies indicate that measures that attack the strongest links in the value chain of the drug trade, such as seizures, have better results...

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Organized Crime and Drug Markets

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Organized Crime and Drug Markets Authors: Juan Pablo Castilla, Ana Arjona This Thematic Document summarizes contributions from academic research published in Latin America during 2018 on public policy that addresses organized crime related to drug trafficking. These publications call for rethinking state interventions focused on the use of force that can result in human rights violations. Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce violence in the fight against organized crime are those that frame the use of legal force within social programs. It is therefore urgent that we better...

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Economía y seguridad en el posconflicto

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Economía y seguridad en el posconflicto Hernando Zuleta (Compilador) La implementación de los acuerdos de La Habana puede reducir sustancialmente los problemas de seguridad e impulsar el desarrollo económico. No obstante, este proceso enfrenta una serie de retos: impedir que grupos armados al margen de la ley ocupen los espacios que dejaron las FARC, enfrentar y neutralizar la oposición armada a la sustitución de cultivos, enfrentar el reacomodo de estructuras criminales y la sofisticación de los métodos criminales en las zonas urbanas y capitalizar la reducción de la violencia para acelerar...

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