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Author Buss, Terry F.

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

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press : National Academy of Public Administration, c2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 230 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219) and index.
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 -- Rene Preval'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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Economic assistance -- Haiti.
Haiti -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gardner, Adam.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780815713913 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815713916 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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