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Alternative Development or Business as Usual?: Chinas Opium Substitution Policy in Burma and Laos

បោះពុម្ពផ្សាយដោយ៖ Open Development Myanmar

A significant part of opium and its derivative heroin on the market in China originates from the ‘Golden Triangle’ – roughly the area that spans northern Burma, Thailand and Laos. It supplies a large number of injecting drugs users in China, and is considered a major security concern by the Chinese authorities. To counter this threat, the Chinese government have launched opium substitution programmes in northern Burma and Laos. The schemes, promoting agricultural investments by Chinese companies, have seen a dramatic increase in recent years. They include large-scale rubber plantations and other crops such as sugarcane, tea and corn. Most contracts are made with local state and military authorities and companies rather than with local communities. it remains to be seen whether China’s opium crop substitution policy is achieving its goals – to reduce opium cultivation and provide sustainable alternative local livelihoods in Burma and Laos – by promoting large-scale rubber and other mono-crop plantations.

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កំណែ/បោះពុម្ពលើកទី 1.1
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អ្នកនិពន្ធ (ជាស្ថាប័ន) TNI
សហនិពន្ធ (ជាស្ថាប័ន) Transnational Institute
កាលបរិច្ឆេទបោះពុម្ព 2010
ពាក្យគន្លឹះ Customary Tenure,Drugs,Agribusiness,Loans,FDI,China,Opium Substitution,Indigenous Rights,Private Sector
កាលបរិច្ឆេទផ្ទុកឡើង មិថុនា 13, 2018, 14:35 (UTC)
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