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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786275203321

Autore

Lundahl Mats <1946-, >

Titolo

The political economy of disaster : destitution, plunder and earthquake in Haiti / / Mats Lundahl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-59491-6

1-299-15684-3

1-135-07174-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history

Disciplina

330.97294

Soggetti

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 - Economic aspects

Economic assistance - Haiti

Haiti Economic conditions 1971-

Haiti Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Before the quake -- pt. II. The earthquake and after.

Sommario/riassunto

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 th