News
Marginal development: states, markets and violence in drug-affected borderlands
Challenging how conflict, development and state-building are conceptualised and responded to, drawing on research from Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar.
Five reflections on Asia's drug policies for the 2020s
Drugs are likely to play a bigger role in Asia, here's why and what it means for the region's drug policies.
The historical role of opium and what it tells us about illicit economies today
Jonathan Goodhand explores historical insights from two books and what they tell us about illicit economies today.
Data management guidance
Guidance on how to handle research data in complex research contexts.
There is still time to make Colombia's illicit crop substitution programme work
This blog shares the key results of a survey with coca farmers in two of Colombia's highest coca producing regions.
Research Sites
The research programme will draw on empirical data from Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar
Afghanistan
Afghanistan is estimated to produce 90% of heroin consumed in the UK. We're working in three borderland Afghanistan regions.
Colombia
Since Colombia's 2016 peace agreement, coca cultivation has expanded. We're working in four Colombian borderland sites.
Myanmar
Myanmar is the second largest producer of illicit opium in the world. We're working in two Myanmar borderland states.
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