Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: Macroeconomic Impact of the Drug Economy and Counter-narcotics Efforts

This volume includes chapters written by a number of different authors, and is edited by staff of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and The World Bank. Doris Buddenberg is Country Representative of UNODC in Kabul, Afghanistan; William A. Byrd is Advisor in the World Bank's South Asia Region. The views, findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of UNODC or The World Bank, the latter's affiliated institutions, its Executive Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. UNODC and The World Bank do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations , and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of the UN system concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.