Description: Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti : Breaking the Conflict-Poverty Trap

Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti : Breaking the Conflict-Poverty Trap

Haiti is a resilient society whose rural communities in particular have developed coping mechanisms in response to a long history of underdevelopment and poor governance. Like other fragile states, however, Haiti is beset by widespread poverty and...

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Main Authors:	Verner, Dorte, Heinemann, Alessandra
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO SERVICES ANNUAL GROWTH BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CLEAN DRINKING WATER CONFLICT COPING MECHANISMS DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DRINKING WATER DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUGS ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STAGNATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS GINI COEFFICIENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH RATES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS MALNUTRITION MIGRANTS MIGRATION NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PEACE POLICE FORCE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL PROCESS POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR GOVERNANCE POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SHIFTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION REDUCING POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REMITTANCES RISK FACTORS RULE OF LAW RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL SECTOR SAFETY NET SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SECURITY SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL TENSIONS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION VULNERABLE GROUPS WIDESPREAD POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7225658/social-resilience-state-fragility-haiti-breaking-conflict-poverty-trap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10311

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Summary:	Haiti is a resilient society whose rural communities in particular have developed coping mechanisms in response to a long history of underdevelopment and poor governance. Like other fragile states, however, Haiti is beset by widespread poverty and inequality, economic decline and unemployment, institutional weakness and corruption, violence, lawlessness, and recurrent conflict. In order for Haiti to achieve development, poverty reduction and conflict prevention, there must be a focus on correcting these issues

Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti : Breaking the Conflict-Poverty Trap

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