Reproducing Inequities: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti

by M. Catherine Maternowska

Book Overview

Residents of Haiti-one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world-face a grim reality of starvation, violence, lack of economic opportunity, and minimal health care. For years, aid organizations have sought to alleviate the problems by creating health and family planning clinics, including one modern (and, by local standards, luxurious) center in the heart of Cit Soleil. During its height of service in the 1980s and 1990s, the clinic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813538548
• ISBN13: 9780813538549
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"