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    1. Foreign aid and the failure of state building in Haiti under the Duvaliers, Aristide, Preval, and Martelly

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Buss,Terry F. (Author)
    Format:
    Pamphlet
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    48 p., After receiving at least US$20 billion in aid for reconstruction and development over the past 60 years, Haiti has been and remains a fragile state, one of the worse globally. The reasons for aid failure are legion but mostly relate to highly dysfunctional Haitian regimes, sometimes destructive US foreign policy and aid policy, and ongoing issues about how to deliver aid, all in the context of devastating natural disasters. The over-riding cause of aid failure has been the social, cultural and historical context which has led to domination by economic and political elites who have little interest in advancing Haiti, and who are totally self-interested-Haiti's fatal flaw.

    2. Justice for Haiti: Beyond Aid and Debt Forgiveness

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Katz,Ethan (Author) and Boscov-Ellen,Daniel (Author)
    Format:
    Pamphlet
    Publication Date:
    2010-04-14
    Published:
    Council on Hemispheric Affairs
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    12 p., Over the last few months there has been a surfeit of talk in the international community over what should be done for Haiti. However, in almost all of these discussions Haiti's historical context is completely excised -- It is almost as if the country had only come into being as a result of January's earthquake. This collective amnesia is damning since the devastating nature of these natural disasters cannot be understood apart from over two centuries of Haiti's colonial and postcolonial subjugation, foreign occupation, economic exploitation, and the degrading conditions faced by most of its population.

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