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Author:

Buss, Terry F.

Title:

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

Publisher:

National Academy of Public Administration,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Haiti--Politics and government.
Economic assistance--Haiti.

Other Authors:

Gardner, Adam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Haiti in extremis -- Political history -- Foreign assistance -- Foreign aid 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.

ISBN:

0815713916 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815713913 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)185691179

LCCN:

2008025536

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)