Open AccessFragile Foundations and Infant Institutions
Author(s) -
Katie Engelhart
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cornell international affairs review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-0536
pISSN - 2156-0528
DOI - 10.37513/ciar.v1i2.327
Subject(s) - authoritarianism , democracy , development economics , per capita , political science , political economy , politics , economics , variety (cybernetics) , sociology , law , population , demography , artificial intelligence , computer science
Haiti has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the poorest nations, on a per capita basis, in the world. Even the country’s relatively recent transition from authoritarianism to democratic rule was not enough to spark liberal-market reform and the country’s integration into the global economy. The Haitian people have thus been confined to decades of deprivation, under a variety of regimes that span the political spectrum.