Foreign Aid and the Failure of State Building in H aiti from 1957 to 2015

Abstract

After receiving at least U.S.$38 billion in aid for reconstruction and development over the past 60 years, Haiti remains a fragile state, one of the worst globally. The reasons for aid failure are legion but mostly relate to highly dysfunctional Haitian regimes, at times destructive U.S. foreign policy and aid policy, and ongoing issues about how to deliver aid, all in the context of devastating natural disasters. The overriding cause of aid failure has been the social, cultural, and historical context that has led to domination by economic and political elites who have little interest in advancing Haiti and who are totally self‐interested—Haiti's fatal flaw. Donors can go far to improve aid effectiveness, but Haiti will languish until its leaders and people find common ground and compromise in managing their country.

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