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HEALTH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY [3 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
DEF

Illicit activity carried out by individuals or groups structured as a network, with one or more leaders, whose negative impact could be considered significant from an economic, social, violence generation, health and safety and/or environmental perspective.

OBS

organized crime; OC: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Activité illicite exécutée par des personnes ou des groupes organisés en réseau, sous la gouverne d'un ou de plusieurs chefs, dont les répercussions négatives peuvent être considérées importantes sur le plan économique, social, de la violence qui en découle, de la santé et de la sécurité ou de l'environnement.

OBS

crime organisé : terme et définition uniformisés par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
CONT

Crimen organizado es [definido], según [las Naciones Unidas], [como] las actividades colectivas de tres o más personas, unidas por vínculos jerárquicos o de relación personal, que permitan a sus dirigentes obtener beneficios o controlar territorios o mercados, nacionales o extranjeros, mediante la violencia, la intimidación o la corrupción, tanto al servicio de la actividad delictiva como con fines de infiltrarse en la economía legítima [...]

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Record 2 2025-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • International Relations
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Through its alternative development program, USAID [United States Agency for International Development](2000) has pledged to stimulate enough legal economic activity that peasants can survive on licit incomes rather than resorting to drug cultivation. The agency has acknowledged that crop substitution alone is not enough and that drug-producing regions require better infrastructure and institutions, including roads to markets, improved health services, schools, and reliable governance.

Key term(s)
  • alternative development programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Relations internationales
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

En Afghanistan, la priorité de l'Office reste d'appuyer l'abandon des cultures illicites et de fournir une assistance immédiate pour répondre aux besoins humains fondamentaux et sauver des vies et des moyens de subsistance. Dans sa phase initiale, le programme de développement alternatif de l'ONUDC [Office des Nations Unies contre la drogue et le crime] aidera 5 000 ménages ruraux à passer de la culture et de la vente illicites de pavot à opium à des activités entrepreneuriales licites de manière durable, afin d'améliorer leur qualité de vie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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Record 3 1988-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

of Statistics Canada, no. 82-539E.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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