Five Decisive Events in the Economic History of Haiti

Mats Lundahl

Chapter 1 in Poverty in Haiti, 2011, pp 3-18 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The present chapter deals with the historical reasons why Haiti is caught in what appears to be a secular economic decline, which in all probability has been going on for at least a century.1 There is a strong case for approaching Haiti’s economic plight from a historical standpoint. The chapter singles out what I believe to be the five most decisive events in Haiti’s economic history so as to reconstruct an interrelated series of historical phenomena which explain the country’s current economic disaster.

Keywords: Nineteenth Century; Dominican Republic; Economic History; Decisive Event; Land Reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230304932_1

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