http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/10/11/can-ecuador-trade-oil-for-forests/
President Correa threatens the world with drilling for oil in the environmentally sensitive Amazon unless the international community cover some of this potential income.
North Korean leaders do something similar, holding their own citizen hostage through suppression whilst extracting humanitarian money from developed countries including their southern neighbour.
Could drug producing countries follow suit? By pledging to stop producing drugs, they could ask other countries or the UN to 'pay' for development programmes to substitute for the 'lost' drug income.
Tax heaven destination states could be incentivised to stop harbouring tax avoiders by asking for international financial regulators and foreign governments to subsidize their income.
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