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What Should the World Do about Port-au-Prince? An Economic Assessment

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  • Jacob Vigdor, 2010. "What Should the World Do about Port-au-Prince? An Economic Assessment," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 11(02), pages 86-91, July.
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    Keywords

    Naturkatastrophe; Strukturwandel; Entwicklungshilfe; Wirtschaftsgeschichte; Haiti;
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    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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