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Chapter Notes: Reproducing Inequities — M. Catherine Maternowska (2006) Parent note: maternowska reproducing inequities Foreword: "Unraveling Fertility and Power" — Paul Farmer Farmer frames the book as the definitive answer to "Haiti's fertility paradox": despite a widespread desire for fewer children among Haitian women, and despite massive international investment (Haiti received twice as much family planning assistance as any other Western Hemisphere country; the sector was valued at $13.5 million by 1988), fertility rates remained high and family planning programs failed. He dismisses two common explanations that "receive heavy play" among funders: (1) lack of funds, and (2) cultural ignorance of clients.
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