United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-02-08 monographic deposited born digital 55 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-291 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291 P0b002ee180389603 f:d02291 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291 GAO-02-291 Drug trafficking Drugs Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign governments International agreements Law enforcement Narcotics Program evaluation Best practices Andean Counternarcotics Initiative Bolivia Colombia Peru UN International Drug Control Program Plan Colombia Other Written Product A02705 Since the early 1970's, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped Bolivian and Peruvian growers of illicit crops find legal ways to earn a living. The experiences in Bolivia and Peru indicate that effective alternative development demands a strong host government commitment to a comprehensive array of counternarcotics measures and years of sustained U.S. assistance. Chief among the specific lessons for Colombia are that progress requires host government control of drug-growing areas and a political will to interdict drug trafficking and forcibly eradicate illicit crops as well as a carefully coordinated approach to these efforts. USAID began targeting Colombia's poppy-growing areas in 2000 and expanded its program to include coca-growing areas in 2001, but most activities will not begin in earnest until 2002. The experiences in Bolivia and Peru suggest that alternative development in Colombia will not be successful unless the Colombian government controls coca-growing areas, has the capacity to carry out sustained interdiction operations, and the ability to effectively coordinate eradication and alternative development activities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291.pdf GAO-02-291 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-291 Other Written Product GAO-02-291; Drug Control: Efforts to Develop Alternatives to Cultivating Illicit Crops in Colombia Have Made Little Progress and Face Serious Obstacles; Drug trafficking Drugs Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign governments International agreements Law enforcement Narcotics Program evaluation Best practices Andean Counternarcotics Initiative Bolivia Colombia Peru UN International Drug Control Program Plan Colombia Volume 114 Page 571 114 Stat. 571 Public Law 106-246 Public Law 107-115