ABSTRACT
The Haitian government's parasitical relationship with the agricultural sector has its origins, according to Lundahl, in the nation's revolutionary history. The wars for independence from France undermined the plantation economy, and resulted in a division of large agricultural estates into small plots which were distributed to individual peasant landholders. Constitution and international law; and that if such hearings were granted, the vast majority of the boat people would be found to be refugees entitled to asylum. The separation of political and economic causes of Haitian emigration, as insisted upon by the US government, is artificial and misleading. According to the 1979 Report on Human Rights of the US Department of State, Corruption is traditional at all levels of society, and significant amounts of domestic revenues usable for development continue to be diverted to personal enrichment. This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
