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2. Divided Neighbors on an Indivisible Island: Economic Disparity and Cumulative Causation on Hispaniola
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Ann Winters,Cecilia (Author) and Derrell,Robert (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2010
- Published:
- Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Economic Issues
- Journal Title Details:
- 44(3) : 597-613
- Notes:
- This paper utilizes both narrative analysis and statistical techniques in an investigation of the principle of cumulative causation to explain underdevelopment, relative poverty and spatial disparities on Hispaniola. The events that explain this process in the underdevelopment of Hispaniola have resulted in a tragically downward spiral in Haiti, placing its future in great peril. The Dominican Republic is relatively better off than its neighbor; however, the shortage of basic services, poverty and malnutrition are quite prevalent in the Dominican Republic.
3. Haiti 2009: Stability at Risk
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2009-03-03
- Published:
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti: International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 15 p., Warns about a series of crises that have increased the potential for serious trouble in Haiti. Suggests there is an urgent need for broad political consensus and improved relations between the executive and legislative branches of government, as well as a government-donor-civil society partnership to kick-start a community-oriented reconstruction process. This includes building a social safety net for hurricane victims and jobs-oriented infrastructure projects that prioritize areas hard-hit by the floods, boosting agriculture and enhancing a longer-term poverty reduction and economic growth strategy.
4. Keeping Haiti Safe: Police Reform
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-09-08
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 19 p., Discusses how Haiti's porous land and sea borders remain susceptible to drug trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities that weaken the rule of law and deprive the state of vital revenue. Post-quake insecurity underscores continued vulnerability to violent crime and political instability. Overcrowded urban slums, plagued by deep poverty, limited economic opportunities and the weakness of government institutions, particularly the Haitian National Police (HNP), breed armed groups and remain a source of broader instability. If the Martelly administration is to guarantee citizen safety successfully, it must remove tainted officers and expand the HNP's institutional and operational capacity across the country by completing a reform that incorporates community policing and violence reduction programs.
5. Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation: A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gertler,Paul (Author), Heckman,James (Author), Pinto,Rodrigo (Author), Zanolini,Arianna (Author), Vermeerch,Christel (Author), Walker,Susan (Author), Chang,Susan M. (Author), and Grantham-McGregor,Sally (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- June 2013
- Published:
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 58 p., Shows large effects on the earnings of participants from a randomized intervention that gave psychosocial stimulation to stunted Jamaican toddlers living in poverty. The intervention consisted of one-hour weekly visits from community Jamaican health workers over a 2-year period that taught parenting skills and encouraged mothers to interact and play with their children in ways that would develop their children's cognitive and personality skills. Study participants were re-interviewed 20 years after the intervention. Findings show that psychosocial stimulation early in childhood in disadvantaged settings can have substantial effects on labor market outcomes and reduce later life inequality.
6. Migration as a Tool for Disaster Recovery: US Policy Options in the Case of Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Clemens,Michael (Author) and Velayudhan,Tejaswi (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2011
- Published:
- Center for Global Development
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 4 p., The United States should take modest steps to create a legal channel for limited numbers of people fleeing natural disasters overseas to enter the United States. This would address two related problems: the lack of any systematic US policy to help the growing numbers of people displaced across borders by natural disasters and the inability of US humanitarian relief efforts to reduce systemic poverty or sustainably improve victims' livelihoods. The aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake presents a compelling case study of the administrative and legislative ways the US government could address both problems. Migration is already a proven and powerful force for reducing Haitians' poverty. A few modest changes in the US approach could greatly aid Haiti's recovery.
7. Population aging : is Latin America ready?
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Cotlear,D. (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Washington, DC: World Bank
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Workshop on Demographic Change and Social Policy in Latin America ; (2009 : Washington, D.C.)., 286 p, Latin America and the Caribbean will soon face the challenges of an aging population. This process, which took over a century in the rich world, will occur in two or three decades in the developing world; seven of the 25 countries that will age more rapidly are in LAC. Population aging will pose challenges and offer opportunities.
8. Population aging : is Latin America ready?
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Cotlear,Daniel (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Washington, DC: World Bank
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 286 p., Explores three sets of issues. First covers questions of work and retirement, income and wealth, and living arrangements and intergenerational transfers. It also explores the relation between the life cycle and poverty. Second is the question of the health transition. How does the demographic transition impact the health status of the population and the demand for health care? And how advanced is the health transition in LAC? Third is an understanding of the fiscal pressures that are likely to accompany population aging and to disentangle the role of demography from the role of policy in that process.
9. Poverty, income growth, and inequality in some Caribbean countries
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gafar,John (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 1998
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Developing Areas
- Journal Title Details:
- 32(4) : 467-489
- Notes:
- Examines social indicators of development and manifestations of poverty in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic; profiles the poor, including geographic distribution, education, ethnicity, and consumption patterns.
10. Social Policies in Grenada: Social Policies in Small States Series, No. 2
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lewis,Patsy (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- Notes:
- 74 p., The country case studies and thematic papers in this series examine social policy issues facing small states and their implications for economic development. They show how, despite their inherent vulnerability, some small states have been successful in improving their social indicators because of the complementary social and economic policies they have implemented. This paper focuses on Grenada, a small state that has made impressive initial achievements in economic and human development since independence. However, continuing unemployment and poverty, the recent erosion of trade preferences, and the changing international donor aid environment have exposed structural weaknesses in its economic model. Tables, Figures, References.