Format:
1 online resource (465 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415816083
,
9781135071745
Series Statement:
Routledge Explorations in Economic History Series
Content:
Mats Lundahl has written several seminal works on Haiti, and this volume brings together the best of his past work on Haiti's economic and political history, along with a comprehensive introduction and two new chapters which bring the story right up to the present day. Together, the volume provides both historical background and explanation as to why Haiti was so badly affected by the earthquake, and to why reconstruction efforts have been ineffective this far
Note:
Intro -- The Political Economy of Disaster Destitution, plunder and earthquake in Haiti -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- 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? -- 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 -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Lundahl, Mats The Political Economy of Disaster Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2013 ISBN 9780415816083
Language:
English
Keywords:
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