On the Frontiers of Development: Illicit Poppy and the Transformation of the Deserts of Southwest Afghanistan

The physical and political geography of the deserts of southwest Afghanistan have gone through dramatic change over the last two decades. Located on the periphery of irrigated lands settled by the Afghan state in the 1950s and 1960s, this area has been at the forefront of technical change in Afghan...

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Main Author: David Mansfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LSE Press 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Illicit Economies and Development
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Online Access:https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/46