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Opium reduction in Thailand, 1970-2000 : a thirty year journey
- Title
- Opium reduction in Thailand, 1970-2000 : a thirty year journey / prepared by Ronald D. Renard for the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Author
- Renard, Ronald D.
- Publication
- Bangkok, Thailand : UNDCP ; Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2001.
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- Additional Authors
- United Nations International Drug Control Programme. Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific.
- Description
- xvi, 199 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This is the valuable, timely, and little known story of how Thailand effectively reduced the production of opium inside its borders, from 245,600 kilos of opium in 1965 to under 4,000 by the turn of the century. Dozens of local and international organizations initiated and supported development projects in a complicated process involving programs as diverse as crop replacement, irrigation, weaving, and road-building." "This candid account highlights the stages in Thailand's effort to discover new options for subsistence and development that would benefit both the isolated hilltribe villagers in the hills of northern Thailand as well as the country at large." "Thailand's innovative experiment, including its successes and failures, provides an indispensable model for other regions to learn from use and adapt to their particular circumstances. It is a story of perseverance, flexibility, and cooperation, and in the end empowerment and hope." --Book Jacket.
- Subject
- Since 1900
- Opium trade > Government policy > History > Thailand > 20th century
- Opium poppy growers > Thailand > History > 20th century
- Drug control > Thailand > History > 20th century
- Drug control
- Economic history
- Economic policy
- Opium poppy growers
- Opium trade > Government policy
- Opium
- Productie
- Reductie
- Thailand > Economic conditions > 1945-1986
- Thailand > Economic conditions > 1986-
- Thailand > Economic policy
- Thailand
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.
- Contents
- The history of opium cultivation in the Golden Triangle -- The opium trade -- Opium production and consumption -- An economic overview -- The economics of opium production -- National highland development policies -- Alternative crops -- The evolution of paproaches to opium eradication -- A balanced approach: alternative development, demand reduction, and law enforcement -- Leadership in alternative development efforts -- Thai lessons in empowering people -- Impact analysis of alternative development -- Sustaining alternative development efforts -- Conclusions and recommendations.
- ISBN
- 9748855368
- 9789748855363
- LCCN
- 2001469162
- OCLC
- ocm51060128
- 51060128
- SCSB-1248674
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library