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

• Autore: Lundahl Mats <1946-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.97294
• Soggetto topico: Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 - Economic aspects; Economic assistance - Haiti
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti Economic conditions 1971-; Haiti Economic policy
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The political economy of disaster
• ISBN: 0-203-59491-6; 1-299-15684-3; 1-135-07174-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823867103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Explorations in Economic History