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Haiti in the balance : why foreign aid has failed and what we can do about it / Terry F. Buss with Adam Gardner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press : National Academy of Public Administration, c2008.Description: xiv, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780815713913
  • 0815713916
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.91 22
Contents:
Introduction -- Haiti in extremis -- Political history -- Foreign assistance -- Foreign assistance and foreign policy -- Foreign assistance failures -- Lessons learned : reforming foreign assistance -- Lessons learned : governance and democracy programs -- René Préval's first two years in office : 2006--08.
Summary: "Tackles such questions as why has assistance been so ineffectual and what can be learned from Haiti's plight concerning foreign aid in general, by analyzing nearly twenty years of Haitian history, politics, and foreign relations"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219) and index.

Introduction -- Haiti in extremis -- Political history -- Foreign assistance -- Foreign assistance and foreign policy -- Foreign assistance failures -- Lessons learned : reforming foreign assistance -- Lessons learned : governance and democracy programs -- René Préval's first two years in office : 2006--08.

"Tackles such questions as why has assistance been so ineffectual and what can be learned from Haiti's plight concerning foreign aid in general, by analyzing nearly twenty years of Haitian history, politics, and foreign relations"--Provided by publisher.