Drugs in the Caribbean : an economic balance sheet. (Record no. 45383)
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| fixed length control field | 00989nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260716043340.0 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | GRIFFITH, Ivelaw L. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Drugs in the Caribbean : an economic balance sheet. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1995 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Discusses the costs and benefits of the drug phenomenon within the context of the region's economic circumstances. Identifies three areas of actual and potential economic benefits as : employment, income regeneration, and revenue enhancement. Negative aspects of the drug trade include its impact on certain industries, fines imposed by foreign countries, and resource utilization. Concludes that, in addition to operational countermeasures to deal with production, trafficking and other operations, and with crime, corruption and other consequences of the phenomenon, also needed are structural and functional adaptations in the economic sphere in order to remove some of the incentives for involvement in drugs. |
| 583 ## - ACTION NOTE | |
| Time/date of action | 3/7/00 |
| Action agent | M2LMGR |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Analytic |
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