The political economy of disaster : destitution, plunder and earthquake in Haiti /

Haiti, one of the least developed and most vulnerable nations in the Western Hemisphere, made the international headlines in January 2010 when an earthquake destroyed the capital, Port-au-Prince. More than a year later, little reconstruction has taken place, in spite of a strong international fundin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lundahl, Mats, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Colección:Routledge explorations in economic history.
Temas:
Since 1971
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 > Economic aspects.
Economic assistance > Haiti.
Tremblement de terre d'Haïti, Haïti, 2010 > Aspect économique.
Aide économique > Haïti.
Economic assistance
Economic history
Economic policy
Economics
Haiti > Economic conditions > 1971-
Haiti > Economic policy.
Haïti > Conditions économiques > 1971-
Haiti
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Prologue: The Dismal Past
  • Part I: Before the Quake
  • 1. The Economic Consequences of 1809, or 'Was Haiti Doomed to Fail?' A Story of Factor Proportions, Labor Market Institutions and Politics
  • Appendix: A Capsule History of Haitian Exports
  • 2. Towards the Abyss? The Political Economy of Emergency in Haiti
  • 3. Economic Reform in Haiti: Past Failures and Future Successes? / with Rubén Silié
  • 4. Descent into Crisis: Politics and Economics from Aristide to the Earthquake
  • 5. The Failure of Community-Based Entrepreneurship in Haiti
  • 6. Reaching the Poor: Some Observations on Formal and Informal Credit in Haiti / with Johan Dahlstrand
  • 7. Book Reviews: Some Recent Historical Works on Haiti
  • Haitian Migration
  • Jacques Roumain and Gouverneurs de la rosée
  • 8. Economic Growth in Haiti: A Mere Illusion?
  • Part II: The Earthquake and After
  • 9. 7.0 on the Richter Scale
  • 10. The Controversial Death Toll
  • 11. The Election Farce
  • 12. Camps, Security and Rebuilding
  • 13. The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission
  • 14. Industrialization by Necessity
  • 15. Micky at the Helm
  • Epilogue: Institutional Failure.

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