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    1. Diamonds in the Rubble: The Women of Haiti Institutions, Gender Equity and Human Development in Haiti

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Padgett,Andrew (Author) and Warnecke,Tonia (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Sep 2011
    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:
    45(3) : 527-557
    Notes:
    Provides a brief background of Haiti's economic development over the last several decades, along with the status of women's rights and gender-differentiated socioeconomic outcomes. Analyzes how policy neglect of gender equity in Haiti has contributed to failed economic development and identifies ways that other developing countries have successfully incorporated a focus on gender equity in their development strategy, particularly in the face of natural disaster and financial crisis.

    2. Social Policies in Grenada: Social Policies in Small States Series, No. 2

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    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.