The Economic Consequences of Cocaine Production in Bolivia: Historical, Local, and Macroeconomic Perspectives

Abstract

Cocoa, coca, cotton, and sugar are of great interest. The development of any one of the four crops would bring about great relief to people’s present miseries and would not hurt nearby provinces… The development of one province need not occur at the expense of another. (Francisco de Viedma, 1787)2. © 1992, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.