Frontiers and wars: The opium economy in Afghanistan

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-216

  Goodhand, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Combat; Opium; Shadow and coping economies; Violent conflict

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DRUGS TRADE; PARALLEL ECONOMY; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

PAPAVER;

EID: 15944405362     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2005.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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