Brief Description: This study provides a thorough economic evaluation of the anti-drug policies implemented in Colombia between 2000 and 2007 under the so-called Plan Colombia. The study provides different measures of the effectiveness, the efficiency and the costs of the war against illegal drug production and trafficking in Colombia. We make special emphasis in identifying the key aspects that help explain the ineffectiveness (and high costs) of supply side interventions in the so-called "war on drugs" in producer countries.


A more detailed description: A non-technical summary of this study is available at: http://sites.google.com/site/danielmejialondono/research/ResumenPlancolombiaeningl%C3%A9s.pdf?attredirects=0

Daniel Mejia is professor of economics at Universidad de los Andes in
Bogota, Colombia, where he has taught since 2006. He received a BA and
MA in Economics from Universidad de los Andes and a MA and PhD in
economics from Brown University.