Haiti, one of the least developed and most vulnerable nations in
the Western Hemisphere, made the international headlines in January
2010 when an earthquake destroyed the capital, Port-au-Prince. More
than a year later, little reconstruction has taken place, in spite
of a strong international funding commitment. Mats Lundahl has
written several seminal works on Haiti, and this volume brings
together the best of his past work on Haiti's economic and
political history, along with a comprehensive introduction and two
new chapters which bring the story right up to the present day.
Together, the volume provides both historical background and
explanation as to why Haiti was so badly affected by the
earthquake, and to why reconstruction efforts have been ineffective
this far. Lundahl argues that the two main causes can found in the
interaction between the growth of the population and the
destruction of the arable soil on the one hand, and in the creation
of a predatory state during the nineteenth century, which still
exists to this day. This book provides a comprehensive analysis,
which charts these themes from the time of the arrival of Columbus
in the island in 1492, to the present day. The book also deals with
contemporary market and policy failures, as well as the crucial
recent elections, and considers the path ahead for this
impoverished nation. This book will be of huge relevance and
interest not only to students and researchers in economic history,
but also for all those working on development economics,
development studies and American and Caribbean Studies more
generally.
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