An Econometric Analysis of Coca Eradication Policy in Colombia

Moreno-Sánchez, Rocío del Pilar; Kraybill, David S.; Thompson, Stanley R.

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“…An early study of the effect of eradication is Moreno-Sanchez et al (2003). It uses national level data.…”

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Estimating the Causal Effect of Forced Eradication on Coca Cultivation in Colombian Municipalities

Reyes

2014

World Development

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Coca eradication has been aggressively pursued by the Colombian government to reduce the amount of land that agricultural households in the Andean country devote to this illegal crop. However, little work has been done to assess the causal effect of the policy on land allocation decisions. I use a six year panel of observations covering the entire country for the years 2001-2006 to estimate this effect at the municipality level, exploiting exogenous sources of variation in eradication and taking an IV approach to estimation. The instruments are derived from changes in the expected cost of coca eradication as crews get far from the zone where Antinarcotics Police helicopters can protect them from the illegal armed groups that try to shoot them down. IV estimation shows that the causal effect of a one percent increase in eradication is slightly less than a one percent increase in coca cultivation.

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“…An early study of the effect of eradication is Moreno-Sanchez et al (2003). It uses national level data.…”

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“…This is particularly true in the case of coca eradication, which targets the farmers that produce coca leaf, the primary input of cocaine. Only Moreno et al (2003) and Dion and Russler (2008) have attempted to estimate the effectiveness of coca eradication in Colombia at the national and departmental level, respectively.…”

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Estimating the Causal Effect of Forced Eradication on Coca Cultivation in Colombian Municipalities

Reyes

2014

World Development

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“…For instance, based on satellite images the UNODC provides annual census on total areas with coca in Andean Countries. The papers that use this information to investigate the determinants of the supply of drugs in Colombia conclude that carrots are effective in reducing the area of land cultivated with coca, while sticks either increased coca supply or had no significant effect (Carvajal, 2002;Díaz and Sánchez, 2004;Moreno et al, 2003;Moya, 2005;Tabares and Rosales, 2005;Reyes, 2011;Dion and Russler, 2008).…”

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Is the War on Drugs Working? Examining the Colombian Case Using Micro Data

Ibáñez

Klasen

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may AbstractThe intense debate on the effectiveness of the war on drugs contrasts with the lack of empirical evidence on its impacts. To evaluate the effectiveness of control-supply policies, we use micro data from an original survey with farmers living in a coca growing area in Colombia. We find that while eradication and alternative development decrease coca supply, the elasticity of supply of these policies is rather low. The efficiency of anti-drug policies could be increased by investing more in alternative development and less in eradication. Our analysis suggests that changing people's attitudes toward coca can be a promising alternative in the fight against drugs.

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“…2 The evidence base for the success or lack thereof of particular supply-oriented policies or interventions in particular countries or 1 Windle and Farrell (2012) argue that the "balloon effect" has been over-subscribed as a consequence of any drug policy and neglects to consider some spillover benefits that also result from drug law enforcement. 2 Examples of attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of different supply-control policies include Moreno-Sanchez, Kraybill, and Thompson, 2003;Carvajal, 2002;andTabares andRosales, 2004. See Ibanez andCarlsson, 2010. SOURCE: Jaen and Dyner, 2014, p. 227, citing UNODC.…”

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Reducing the cultivation of opium poppies in Southern Afghanistan : appendixes A-E / Victoria A. Greenfield, Keith Crane, Craig A. Bond, Nathan Chandler, Jill E. Louto, Olga Oliker.

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An Econometric Analysis of Coca Eradication Policy in Colombia

Cited by 72 publications

References 10 publications

Estimating the Causal Effect of Forced Eradication on Coca Cultivation in Colombian Municipalities

Estimating the Causal Effect of Forced Eradication on Coca Cultivation in Colombian Municipalities

Is the War on Drugs Working? Examining the Colombian Case Using Micro Data

Reducing the cultivation of opium poppies in Southern Afghanistan : appendixes A-E / Victoria A. Greenfield, Keith Crane, Craig A. Bond, Nathan Chandler, Jill E. Louto, Olga Oliker.

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