Poverty in Haiti: Essays on Underdevelopment and Post Disaster Prospects

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figure......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Prologue: Will Haiti Rise From the Ashes?......Page 12
Part I: History......Page 22
1 Five Decisive Events in the Economic History of Haiti......Page 24
2 Economic Interests Are Color-Blind: On Class Divisions in Haitian History......Page 40
3 Poorest in the Caribbean: Haiti in the Twentieth Century......Page 47
Part II: Contemporary Problems......Page 78
4 Economic and Political Forces in Haitian Underdevelopment......Page 80
5 The Haitian Dilemma Reexamined: Lessons from the Past in the Light of Some New Economic Theory......Page 94
6 Income and Land Distribution in Haiti: Some Remarks on Available Statistics......Page 128
7 Some Economic Determinants of Haitian Migration to the Dominican Republic......Page 146
Part III: The Failed Transition......Page 174
8 Another Failed American Occupation?......Page 176
9 From Kleptocracy to Democracy?......Page 181
10 Problems of Policy Reform in the Haitian Economy......Page 193
11 Sustained Growth in Haiti: Pipe-Dream or Realistic Possibility?......Page 209
Part IV: A Future for Haiti?......Page 240
12 Hating the United States Does Not Help Haiti......Page 242
13 After the Earthquake: What Future for Haiti?......Page 248
Author Index......Page 293
Subject Index......Page 296