Beyond Boundaries in the Andean Region
September 19, 2012
As a direct result of globalization and expanded economic opportunity, the last half century has yielded the most remarkable exodus from poverty in human history. Yet despite this remarkable improvement in the human condition, not everyone has benefitted equally. While much advancement has been witnessed across the Andean region-Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru-these countries continue to face significant security and development threats that threaten the foundations of progress, including the intersecting challenges of lack of public health capacity, illicit trafficking in arms and drugs, and terrorism.
In this report, co-authors Brian Finlay, senior associate and director of the Managing Across Boundaries (MAB) program, and Johan Bergenas, research analyst and deputy director of MAB, and Esha Mufti, research assistant with MAB hone in on the region plagued by myriad of security and development challenges and propose a "whole of society" approach that seeks to better leverage existing resources, identify new streams of assistance, and bridge the divide between security and development. The report is the fifthin a series that seeks innovative approaches to implementing UN Security Council Resolutions 1540 and 1373 by pragmatically pairing states in need of development assistance with those states willing to offer such assistance under the auspices of national security.
