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

Verner, Dorte ; Heinemann, Alessandra

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ACCESS TO ASSETS;    ACCESS TO SERVICES;    ANNUAL GROWTH;    BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE;   

RP-ID  :  38014

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Haiti is a resilient society whose ruralcommunities in particular have developed coping mechanismsin response to a long history of underdevelopment and poorgovernance. Like other fragile states, however, Haiti isbeset by widespread poverty and inequality, economic declineand unemployment, institutional weakness and corruption,violence, lawlessness, and recurrent conflict. In order forHaiti to achieve development, poverty reduction and conflictprevention, there must be a focus on correcting these issues