Towards the Abyss?: The Political Economy of Emergency in HaitiTowards the Abyss? The Political Economy of Emergency in Haiti examines how the sanctions placed on Haiti during the period 1991-1994 has affected its economy & the challenges it faces for the future. It uses economic & political analyses to explain factors contributing to humanitarian emergencies & to develop early-warning & preventive strategies. Researchers & policy makers, among others, will find this publication invaluable. The publication is part of the Research for Action series which discusses policy-oriented research on the main strategic issues of development & international cooperation, as well as on the interaction between domestic & global changes. |
Contents
THE FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC CAUSES OF PROTRACTED | 3 |
THE STATE AND THE MASSES | 18 |
THE YEARS OF OPEN CONFLICT | 25 |
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abyss activities agricultural American occupation areas Aristide army assembly sector assets Baby Doc capital cent chefs de section civil society clique coffee conflict countryside coup crisis crops D.C. World Bank Daskal decades displacement Dumarsais Estimé Dupuy Duvaliériste elections elite Emergency in Haiti estimated ex-slaves fall of Baby Fass February force François Duvalier GDP per capita groups Haitian politics Human Rights Watch humanitarian emergency important income increased Inter-American Development Bank International Monetary Fund international sanctions investment Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Claude Jean-Claude Duvalier kleptocratic labour Laguerre land large numbers Lavalas Lundahl masses Mats Lundahl military Nicholls nineteenth century Papa Doc period Perusse plantation police Political Economy poor population growth Port-au-Prince predation predatory president presidential Préval production Raimo Väyrynen real GDP redistribution regime result role rural September 1996 situation slaves social structure taxation tonton macoutes traditional Trouillot United UNU/WIDER urban Vilgrain World Bank