Examines the three-year trade embargo imposed on Haiti in 1991 as well as the effects of sanctions as a diplomatic tool.
Foreword Preface Political, Diplomatic, and Economic Context Impact of International Sanctions inside Haiti Mitigating Role of Humanitarian Assistance The Sanctions Instrument: Contemporary Analyses Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Selected Bibliography Index
ELIZABETH D. GIBBONS is Deputy Director of UNICEF's Office of Emergency Programs./e Ms. Gibbons's career in social development and humanitarian affairs has spanned close to 20 years, 15 of which have been spent as an international civil servant with UNICEF.
"Elizabeth Gibbons has written a thoughtful and penetrating
analysis of one of the most difficult moral dilemmas facing the
international community: should sanctions be used to try to advance
democracy if it definitely harms poor people? Her book makes a
major contribution, both in identifying the many effects of
sanctions on a regime and its people, and in recommending the
replacement of comprehensive sanctions with targeted
instruments."-Robert Pastor Professor of Political Science, Emory
University Former Director, Latin American Program, The Carter
Center
"Elizabeth Gibbons has written the most comprehensive study yet
available on the humanitarian impact of the sanctions in Haiti. Her
study meticulously documents the severe consequences of those
sanctions. It also suggests a strategy for avoiding such hardships
in future sanctions episodes. This is an invaluable contribution to
the sanctions literature."-David Cortright President, Fourth
Freedom Forum
"Ms Gibbons provides a deeply disturbing, authoritative account of
how the multilateral trade embargo against Haiti, despite good
intentions, had a devastating impact on the Haitian people,
especially the poorest people and children. This book should be
required reading for anyone who advocates comprehensive trade
sanctions for human rights and humanitarian reasons."-Ernest H.
Preeg Former U.S. Ambassador to Haiti
"The depth and comprehensive nature of this analysis will be a
model for assessing the impact of future economic embargoes. Only
someone who lived through the Haitian experience could have tied
together all the different threads of the crisis in that country to
make such a cogent, comprehensive picture....The policy successes
and failures played out in this book will affect our thinking on
embargoes for many years."-Richard Garfield, RN DrPH Professor of
Clinical International Nursing Columbia University
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