Title: The political economy of disaster and underdevelopment : destitution, plunder and earthquake in Haiti /
Authors: Lundahl, Mats, 1946-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 Economic aspects.; Economic assistance Haiti.; Haiti Economic conditions; Haiti Economic policy
Contents: 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.