Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
This paper examines the relationship between narcotics trafficking and violence in Central America. The first part of the paper addresses particular questions posed for the 2011 World Development Report and examines several competing hypothesis on...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761351468235453648/Drug-trafficking-and-violence-in-Central-America-and-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27333 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the relationship
between narcotics trafficking and violence in Central
America. The first part of the paper addresses particular
questions posed for the 2011 World Development Report and
examines several competing hypothesis on the drivers of
crime in Central America. A key finding is that areas
exposed to intense narcotics trafficking in Central America
suffer from higher homicide rates. Drug trafficking has
corrupted state institutions, which have been overwhelmed by
the resources deployed by trafficking organizations. The
second part of the paper reviews the reasons drug
trafficking and anti trafficking enforcement are associated
with violence in general and consider policy options. |
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