Social resilience and state fragility in Haiti
Contributors: Verner, Dorte; Egset, Willy; World Bank
Series: A World Bank country study
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780821371879
Subjects: Political stability -- Haiti; Haiti -- Economic conditions -- 1971-; Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1986-; Haiti -- Economic policy; Haiti -- Social conditions -- 1971-; Haiti -- Population
Description: Haiti is a society whose rural communities in particular have developed coping mechanisms in response to a long history of underdevelopment and political instability. Like other fragile states, however, Haiti is also beset by widespread poverty, inequality, economic decline, unemployment, poor governance, and violence. This Country Study examines Haiti's conflict-poverty trap from the perspective of the triangle of factors that have been identified as its main components: (a) demographic and socioeconomic factors at the individual and household levels; (b) the state's institutional capacity to provide public goods and manage social risks; and (c) the agendas and strategies of political actors. The report's three main chapters explore the nature of these components. The closing chapter considers the linkages among them.--Publisher's description
Notes: "Dorte Verner and Willy Egset (task team leaders and the main authors of this report) led the report team"--P. vii

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120)
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