Abstract
ABSTRACTHaiti’s international donors framed their post-earthquake interventions around the hopeful notion of “building back better”, an idea that suggests new ways of doing things. Yet, on matters of economic development, past models dominate. The government and international donors have made export assembly manufacturing, often referred to as sweatshops, a strategic pillar of the country’s strategy to combat poverty and drive economic recovery. Critics argue the model did not yield any significant reductions in poverty during the 1970s and 1980s, when it was at its peak. Supporters acknowledge these disappointing results but point to changes in the model and the global environment that promise better outcomes this time. This paper examines these changes, and recent modifications to the model, arguing that while they are not negligible, they are insufficient to make the industry into the poverty-reducing instrument its advocates would like it to be.
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