Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti (Country Studies) (World Bank Country Study)
Contributors: Dorte Verner (Introduction); Willy Egset (Introduction)
Publisher: World Bank Publications; World Bank
Published: August 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780821371879
Subjects: Development economics; Development studies; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Haiti; Economic Conditions; Government - International; Poverty; Nonfiction / Economics; Development - Economic Development; Development - Sustainable Development
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.