Disaster Capitalism to the Rescue: The International Community and Haiti after the Earthquake

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dupuy,Alex (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Jul 2010
    Published:
    New York, NY: North American Congress on Latin America, Inc.
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    NACLA Report on the Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    43(4) : 14-19
    ISBN:
    1071-4839
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Economic conditions, Haiti, Capitalism, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Agricultural policy, and Economic stabilization
    Notes:
    In the 1980s, the Haitian economy was subordinated within global capitalism through a dual strategy centered on assembly plants in the cities and laissez-faire agricultural policies. Today this strategy is back in the form of a "reconstruction" plan.

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