Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?
Emergency Planning
AUGUST 20, 2021
A changing situation The eminent anthropologist Anthony Oliver-Smith argued [vi] that in Haiti colonialism has left an enduring legacy of vulnerability to disasters. In his words, "the colonial institutions’ assiduous extraction of surpluses left the population both destitute and vulnerable to hazards for centuries to come."
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