Peasant Poverty in Haiti

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2755729
AutoresAlex Dupuy (Wesleyan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1989
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas259-271
Fecha de publicación1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLatin American Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002387910002313x
OpenAlexW4312381839
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas4

Contemporary analysts of Haiti concur that it is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and one of the poorest in the world. They disagree, however, on the causes of Haiti's persistent poverty. Haiti is not only poor but predominantly agricultural. Between 75 and 80 percent of the population live in rural areas and derive their living from agriculture. This review essay will examine two recent perspectives that attempt to explain the causes of peasant poverty in Haiti and the solutions each one offers for eradicating poverty. The first perspective is that of Mats Lundahl, who locates the causes of peasant poverty primarily in overpopulation, inadequate technology, soil erosion, and government extortion of peasant incomes through taxation, compounded by denial of technical assistance for changing production methods and improving the soil and productivity. A second, antithetical perspective is expressed by Christian Girault, Josh DeWind and David Kinley, and Frank Laraque in their works under review here. These authors argue similarly that the class system of exploitation and Haiti's subordination to foreign capital are the primary causes of peasant poverty in Haiti

Action (physics) · Content (measure theory) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Peasant · Political science · Poverty · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Law · Mathematics