Guns, books, or doctors ? conflict and public spending in Haiti : lessons from cross-country evidence (English)

Haiti's economic development has been held back by a history of civil conflict and violence. With donor assistance declining from its exceptional levels following the 2010 earthquake, and concessional financing growing scarce, Haiti must learn to live with tighter budget constraints. At the same time, the United Nations forces that have provided security in the past decade are scaling down. Against this backdrop, this paper explores the conditions...

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Singh,Raju;

Bodea,Cristina;

Higashijima,Masaaki;
Document Date
2016/05/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7681
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Haiti,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2016/05/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Guns, books, or doctors ? conflict and public spending in Haiti : lessons from cross-country evidence
Keywords
military spending

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Singh,Raju; Bodea,Cristina; Higashijima,Masaaki.

Guns, books, or doctors ? conflict and public spending in Haiti : lessons from cross-country evidence (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7681 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/664271467996676407

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