Also known as: structural adjustment in Haiti, Haiti structural adjustment, SAPs in Haiti
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Haiti's Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy is the strongest current analytical source for the contradiction between democratization and adjustment in the 1990s. Fatton shows how austerity and privatization hollowed out the state and damaged Lavalas's social base even as they were presented as the price of democratic normalization.
Jean Bertrand Aristide
adjustment-haiti — the IFI framework his government maintained
adjustment-haiti — the IFI framework his first term maintained under constraint
1991 Coup Haiti
2004 Coup Haiti
Decades of structural adjustment had eroded the infrastructure that made Haiti so vulnerable
The pig eradication fits within the broader pattern of externally imposed development policies that undermined peasant self-sufficiency
Haiti United States
Ngo Republic
Structural Violence
Structural Adjustment Haiti
Structural Adjustment Haiti
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