Development First A More Humane and Promising Approach to Reducing Cultivation of Crops for Illicit Markets
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Development First demonstrates why it is no coincidence that policies that worsen poverty and undermine governance cannot achieve their drug control aims. This report identifies ten lessons learned for promoting alternative livelihoods, based on decades of evidence in countries from Thailand and Burma to Afghanistan and the Andes.

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March 2010
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)