Trafficking and Fragility in West Africa

Trafficking is an emerging concern in West Africa. In 2011, 17 percent of all cocaine consumed in Europe -- 21 tons -- passed through the region, for a retail value of US$1.7 billion. This paper discusses the evolution of trafficking in the region and provides estimates of the size and value of trafficking flows to demonstrate the significance of this illegal activity. Although this topic is gaining increasing attention, less attention has been has been paid to how trafficking is perpetuating fragility. This paper contributes to this area of research by identifying five channels through which trafficking is intensifying fragility in the region. The relative importance of each channel is discussed, with specific countries as case-study examples. Possible programmatic responses are then suggested with examples of policy approaches successfully adopted elsewhere in the world.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ralston, Laura
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-10
Subjects:	ABUSE, ACCIDENTS, ACCOUNTABILITY, ALLIANCES, ANTI-CORRUPTION, ARMED FORCE, ASSAULT, ASSAULTS, ASSETS, BASIC SERVICE, BUSINESSMEN, CANNABIS, CITIZEN, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL WARS, CLEAN WATER, COCAINE, COLLAPSE, COLLUSION, COMBATANTS, COMPLAINTS, CONFLICT, CONFLICT PREVENTION, CONFLICTS, CONTAINMENT, CONVICTION, CORRUPT, CORRUPT OFFICIALS, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION FIGHT, COUNTERINSURGENCY, COUNTRY REPORTS, CRIME, CRIME PREVENTION, CRIME RATES, CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS, CRIMINALITY, CRIMINALS, DEMOBILIZATION, DEMOCRACY, DEPENDENCE, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISARMAMENT, DRUG, DRUG SEIZURES, DRUG TRADE, DRUG TRAFFICKER, DRUG TRAFFICKERS, DRUG TRAFFICKING, DRUGS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ELECTIONS, EX-COMBATANTS, EXTORTION, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, FIGHTING, FIREARMS, FOREIGNERS, GANG, GANGS, GENOCIDE, GLOBAL INITIATIVE, GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, GROWTH RATE, GUNS, HEROIN, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, INCOME, INSECURITY, INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTIGATIONS, INVESTIGATORS, JUDICIAL PROCESSES, JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, KIDNAPPING, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL GOVERNANCE, MARKET ECONOMY, MEDIA, MEDIATION, MENTORING, MILITARY BUDGETS, MILITARY EXPENDITURE, MILITARY LEADERS, MINISTER, MONEY LAUNDERING, MULTINATIONAL, NARCOTICS, NARCOTICS CONTROL, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, ORGANISED CRIME, ORGANIZED CRIME, ORGANIZED CRIMES, PATRONAGE, PEACE, PEACE RESEARCH, PEACEBUILDING, POLICE, POLICE OFFICERS, POLITICAL COMPETITION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, POLITICIANS, PRISON, PROJECT DESIGNS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROSECUTION, PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, REBEL, REBELS, RECONCILIATION, RECONSTRUCTION, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, REMEDY, RIGHT, ROAD, ROADS, RULE OF LAW, SECURITY FORCES, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, SHOOTING, SMUGGLERS, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, TERRORISM, THEFT, TOLERANCE, TRAFFICKING, TRANSITION FROM WAR TO PEACE, TRANSPARENCY, TRIAL, UNDP, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, VIOLENT CRIME, WEAPONS, WORLD DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, YOUTH INVOLVEMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20342693/trafficking-fragility-west-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20638
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