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An Island Drifting Apart. Why Haiti Is Mired in Poverty While the Dominican Republic Forges Ahead

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The 2010 earthquake in Haiti has exposed the extreme vulnerability of a society where the state and the economy simultaneously fail to deliver. The Dominican Republic has witnessed several phases of rapid economic growth since the 1870s and, from the 1970s onwards, a sustained process of political emancipation. Douglas North, John Wallis and Barry Weingast have developed a conceptual framework to explain different long‐term performance characteristics of societies, which we apply to the case of Hispaniola. We argue that it captures the internal logic of the political economy of both societies but fails to account for the effect of different foreign relations. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Journal of International Development

DOI: 10.1002/jid.2924

Authors: Ewout Frankema, Aline Masé

Institutions: Utrecht University, Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2153222137

FWCI: 4.505

Cites: 62

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10