State Failure, Underdevelopment, and Foreign Intervention in Haiti by Jean-Germain Gros

Author:Jean-Germain Gros [Gros, Jean-Germain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, National, Political Economy, Political Science, American Government, General
ISBN: 9781136593307
Google: 0ezGBQAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 17547782
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Source: World Resources Institute, http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/index.php?step=countries.

The table shows the lackluster performance of the Haitian economy under François and Jean-Claude Duvalier. On average, annual economic growth was 0.5 percent under François Duvalier and 1.9 percent under Jean-Claude Duvalier during the period concerned. Annual population growth rates were consistently above 2 percent during the period, which means that the Haitian economy was not performing well enough to absorb new workers. If the performance of the Haitian economy looks ‘good’ under Jean-Claude, it is because it was so bad under François Duvalier. The lot of most Haitians did not improve under the younger Duvalier, and may even have gotten worse in the last years of the regime. This is shown in the fact that “In real terms, private consumption declined by 3.3 percent between 1978 and 1980 and by 6 percent between 1980 and 1984” (Dupuy 1997: 31). In addition to economic growth rates, an important index of the health of any modern economy is its trade performance. Table 4.2 shows Haitian trade during much of the Duvalier era.

Table 4.2 Haitian Trade During the Duvalier Era

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