Yasmine Shamsie
Biographic Data
| ID | 815052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yasmine Shamsie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yasmine |
| FAMILY NAME | Shamsie |
| SIGNATURE | SHAMSIE Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reflections on Haitian Democracy
Twenty-five years have passed since Haiti’s first free and fair elections. In that time, democratization has been slow and there have been many setbacks. This article offers some observations regarding Haiti’s democratization journey by examining how the government introduced a massive industrial park that required the displacement of a large number of farmers. In a departure from historical practice, when faced with opposition, the government de…
Recalibration isn't enough
Haiti's international donors framed their post-earthquake interventions around the hopeful notion of "building back better", an idea that suggests new ways of doing things. Yet, on matters of economic development, past models dominate. The government and international donors have made export assembly manufacturing, often referred to as sweatshops, a strategic pillar of the country's strategy to combat poverty and drive economic recovery. Critics …
Manufacturing corporate landscapes
This paper explores the historical and contemporary sources of food insecurity in Haiti. It begins by detailing the impact of colonial legacies on the Caribbean region as a whole and on Haiti in particular. The adverse consequences associated with this period include deforestation, soil infertility and food-import dependence. The paper then turns to more contemporary trends, namely the influence of 30 years of neoliberal ideology. It argues that …
La construction d'un parc industriel dans l'arrière-pays rural d'Haïti. Quelques observations sur le partenariat État-société et les capacités de l'État
Cet article est une étude de cas d'un projet de développement spécifique, le parc industriel Caracol dans le nord d'Haïti. Fondé sur un travail de terrain, il analyse comment ce projet a été élaboré, avec pour acteurs principaux le gouvernement haïtien, USAID et l'entreprise textile coréenne Sae-A. Dans le contexte d'une dépendance chronique aux forces internationales, qui ont miné la souveraineté haïtienne, les capacités de l’État et l’autodéter…
Haiti's Post-Earthquake Transformation
This article examines post-earthquake aid to agriculture and food security in Haiti. It argues that the much-heralded increase in assistance to rural development is likely to fall short of expectations because it comes with a superficial rebranding of a not very useful approach. Macroeconomic policy content remains largely nonnegotiable, full trade liberalization is still favored, and a reliance on free market forces that tend to favor relatively…
Pro-poor Economic Development Aid to Haiti
Poverty reduction has been a prominent and critical goal of Haiti's main international donors, yet they have directed little economic aid to rural areas where a large segment of Haiti's poor live and work. Instead, donors have focused on re-establishing a vibrant urban-based manufacturing sector. While sidestepping agriculture is not a new trend, this paper argues that the policy set employed by donors since 2004 – a conflict and development appr…
Canadian Re-engagement in Latin America
Missed Opportunity
In 2007, Canada announced it was making Latin America and the Caribbean a foreign policy priority. This article provides an initial assessment of Ottawa's re-engagement with the region, focusing on the tensions associated with its stated position on democracy, human rights, and poverty reduction and its continued adherence to a neoliberal policy set. It argues that support for this economic template, coupled with the fact that Ottawa's relations …
Export processing zones
Bilateral and multilateral donors have made poverty reduction a principal goal of their aid interventions in Haiti. At the same time donors continue to promote an outward looking development strategy based on ideological adherence to neoliberal precepts. Due to its acute dependence on aid, Haiti's government must therefore design an economic development plan which satisfies the renewed poverty reduction imperative but which is not at variance wit…
Haiti
This article builds on the work of scholars who have explored the links between poverty reduction and sustainable peace. It examines the recent shift by bilateral and multilateral donors to ‘pro-poor’ development strategies in fragile states by considering the case of Haiti, a country with high levels of poverty and intense donor interest. The paper examines whether recent insights on poverty reduction are driving the current economic development…
Whose Canada?
Questions and concerns regarding the scope and depth of Canada’s relationship with the United States loom larger than ever since 9/11. In Whose Canada?, contributors provide a comprehensive analysis of the legacy of free trade and examine the challenges that deepening bilateral integration – including its latest incarnation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) – presents for Canadian sovereignty and public policy auto…
Moving Beyond Mediation
In 1995-1996 the hemisphere's multilateral forum, the Organization of American States, launched a conflict prevention and management program in entitled Culture of Dialogue: Development of Resources for Peacebuilding in The overarching goal was to help Guatemalans address ongoing tensions and political disputes, particularly related to the implementation of the historic peace accords. This article provides a detailed account of this OAS attempt t…
Building ‘low‐intensity’ democracy in Haiti
This article explores the phenomenon of democracy assistance by examining Organization of American States (oas) efforts to restore and promote democracy in Haiti between 1990 and 2000. The case study reveals that marked contradictions emerged as the organisation tried to promote a democratic outcome while both supporting and facilitating the workings of a profoundly undemocratic economic and trading system. Because the oas has proclaimed its comm…
Manufacturing corporate landscapes
This paper explores the historical and contemporary sources of food insecurity in Haiti. It begins by detailing the impact of colonial legacies on the Caribbean region as a whole and on Haiti in particular. The adverse consequences associated with this period include deforestation, soil infertility and food-import dependence. The paper then turns to more contemporary trends, namely the influence of 30 years of neoliberal ideology. It argues that …
Haiti's Post-Earthquake Transformation
This article examines post-earthquake aid to agriculture and food security in Haiti. It argues that the much-heralded increase in assistance to rural development is likely to fall short of expectations because it comes with a superficial rebranding of a not very useful approach. Macroeconomic policy content remains largely nonnegotiable, full trade liberalization is still favored, and a reliance on free market forces that tend to favor relatively…
Export processing zones
Bilateral and multilateral donors have made poverty reduction a principal goal of their aid interventions in Haiti. At the same time donors continue to promote an outward looking development strategy based on ideological adherence to neoliberal precepts. Due to its acute dependence on aid, Haiti's government must therefore design an economic development plan which satisfies the renewed poverty reduction imperative but which is not at variance wit…
Haiti
This article builds on the work of scholars who have explored the links between poverty reduction and sustainable peace. It examines the recent shift by bilateral and multilateral donors to ‘pro-poor’ development strategies in fragile states by considering the case of Haiti, a country with high levels of poverty and intense donor interest. The paper examines whether recent insights on poverty reduction are driving the current economic development…
Building ‘low‐intensity’ democracy in Haiti
This article explores the phenomenon of democracy assistance by examining Organization of American States (oas) efforts to restore and promote democracy in Haiti between 1990 and 2000. The case study reveals that marked contradictions emerged as the organisation tried to promote a democratic outcome while both supporting and facilitating the workings of a profoundly undemocratic economic and trading system. Because the oas has proclaimed its comm…
Pro-poor Economic Development Aid to Haiti
Poverty reduction has been a prominent and critical goal of Haiti's main international donors, yet they have directed little economic aid to rural areas where a large segment of Haiti's poor live and work. Instead, donors have focused on re-establishing a vibrant urban-based manufacturing sector. While sidestepping agriculture is not a new trend, this paper argues that the policy set employed by donors since 2004 – a conflict and development appr…
Moving Beyond Mediation
In 1995-1996 the hemisphere's multilateral forum, the Organization of American States, launched a conflict prevention and management program in entitled Culture of Dialogue: Development of Resources for Peacebuilding in The overarching goal was to help Guatemalans address ongoing tensions and political disputes, particularly related to the implementation of the historic peace accords. This article provides a detailed account of this OAS attempt t…
Missed Opportunity
In 2007, Canada announced it was making Latin America and the Caribbean a foreign policy priority. This article provides an initial assessment of Ottawa's re-engagement with the region, focusing on the tensions associated with its stated position on democracy, human rights, and poverty reduction and its continued adherence to a neoliberal policy set. It argues that support for this economic template, coupled with the fact that Ottawa's relations …
Building ‘low‐intensity’ democracy in Haiti
This article explores the phenomenon of democracy assistance by examining Organization of American States (oas) efforts to restore and promote democracy in Haiti between 1990 and 2000. The case study reveals that marked contradictions emerged as the organisation tried to promote a democratic outcome while both supporting and facilitating the workings of a profoundly undemocratic economic and trading system. Because the oas has proclaimed its comm…
Whose Canada?
Questions and concerns regarding the scope and depth of Canada’s relationship with the United States loom larger than ever since 9/11. In Whose Canada?, contributors provide a comprehensive analysis of the legacy of free trade and examine the challenges that deepening bilateral integration – including its latest incarnation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) – presents for Canadian sovereignty and public policy auto…
Moving Beyond Mediation
In 1995-1996 the hemisphere's multilateral forum, the Organization of American States, launched a conflict prevention and management program in entitled Culture of Dialogue: Development of Resources for Peacebuilding in The overarching goal was to help Guatemalans address ongoing tensions and political disputes, particularly related to the implementation of the historic peace accords. This article provides a detailed account of this OAS attempt t…
Haiti
This article builds on the work of scholars who have explored the links between poverty reduction and sustainable peace. It examines the recent shift by bilateral and multilateral donors to ‘pro-poor’ development strategies in fragile states by considering the case of Haiti, a country with high levels of poverty and intense donor interest. The paper examines whether recent insights on poverty reduction are driving the current economic development…
Export processing zones
Bilateral and multilateral donors have made poverty reduction a principal goal of their aid interventions in Haiti. At the same time donors continue to promote an outward looking development strategy based on ideological adherence to neoliberal precepts. Due to its acute dependence on aid, Haiti's government must therefore design an economic development plan which satisfies the renewed poverty reduction imperative but which is not at variance wit…
Canadian Re-engagement in Latin America
Missed Opportunity
In 2007, Canada announced it was making Latin America and the Caribbean a foreign policy priority. This article provides an initial assessment of Ottawa's re-engagement with the region, focusing on the tensions associated with its stated position on democracy, human rights, and poverty reduction and its continued adherence to a neoliberal policy set. It argues that support for this economic template, coupled with the fact that Ottawa's relations …
Pro-poor Economic Development Aid to Haiti
Poverty reduction has been a prominent and critical goal of Haiti's main international donors, yet they have directed little economic aid to rural areas where a large segment of Haiti's poor live and work. Instead, donors have focused on re-establishing a vibrant urban-based manufacturing sector. While sidestepping agriculture is not a new trend, this paper argues that the policy set employed by donors since 2004 – a conflict and development appr…
Haiti's Post-Earthquake Transformation
This article examines post-earthquake aid to agriculture and food security in Haiti. It argues that the much-heralded increase in assistance to rural development is likely to fall short of expectations because it comes with a superficial rebranding of a not very useful approach. Macroeconomic policy content remains largely nonnegotiable, full trade liberalization is still favored, and a reliance on free market forces that tend to favor relatively…
La construction d'un parc industriel dans l'arrière-pays rural d'Haïti. Quelques observations sur le partenariat État-société et les capacités de l'État
Cet article est une étude de cas d'un projet de développement spécifique, le parc industriel Caracol dans le nord d'Haïti. Fondé sur un travail de terrain, il analyse comment ce projet a été élaboré, avec pour acteurs principaux le gouvernement haïtien, USAID et l'entreprise textile coréenne Sae-A. Dans le contexte d'une dépendance chronique aux forces internationales, qui ont miné la souveraineté haïtienne, les capacités de l’État et l’autodéter…
Manufacturing corporate landscapes
This paper explores the historical and contemporary sources of food insecurity in Haiti. It begins by detailing the impact of colonial legacies on the Caribbean region as a whole and on Haiti in particular. The adverse consequences associated with this period include deforestation, soil infertility and food-import dependence. The paper then turns to more contemporary trends, namely the influence of 30 years of neoliberal ideology. It argues that …
Recalibration isn't enough
Haiti's international donors framed their post-earthquake interventions around the hopeful notion of "building back better", an idea that suggests new ways of doing things. Yet, on matters of economic development, past models dominate. The government and international donors have made export assembly manufacturing, often referred to as sweatshops, a strategic pillar of the country's strategy to combat poverty and drive economic recovery. Critics …
Reflections on Haitian Democracy
Twenty-five years have passed since Haiti’s first free and fair elections. In that time, democratization has been slow and there have been many setbacks. This article offers some observations regarding Haiti’s democratization journey by examining how the government introduced a massive industrial park that required the displacement of a large number of farmers. In a departure from historical practice, when faced with opposition, the government de…
Political science (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · International Development and Aid (9 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Poverty (5 works)