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

By: Buss, Terry F.
Contributor(s): Gardner, Adam | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press : National Academy of Public Administration, c2008Description: xiv, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Economic assistance -- Haiti | Haiti -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.91 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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338.91 (Browse shelf) Available

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.