Haiti in the balance : why foreign aid has failed and what we can do about it

General Information

Author/Creator
Buss, Terry F., 1947-
Language
English.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press : National Academy of Public Administration, c2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contributors

Contributor
Gardner, Adam.

Contents/Summary

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.

Subjects

Subject
Economic assistance > Haiti.
Haiti > Politics and government.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility
Terry F. Buss with Adam Gardner.
Content
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.
ISBN
9780815713913
0815713916

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Collection Call Number Volume Info Shelving Location Public Note
BookOSA Archivum LibraryGeneral collection338.91 BUSOSA RepositoryDonation of School of Public Policy.

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