International Aid,Local Ownership,and Survival: Development and Higher Education in Rural Haiti |
| |
Authors: | Laura Zanotti Jr" target="_blank">Max StephensonJr Nancy McGehee |
| |
Institution: | 1.Department of Political Science,Virginia Tech,Blacksburg,USA;2.Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance,Blacksburg,USA;3.Hospitality and Tourism Management,Virginia Tech,Blacksburg,USA |
| |
Abstract: | This case study of Rural Haitian University highlights the complexities and consequences that may arise from a combination of unpredictable streams of international funding, financial vulnerability of communities, and the strategies that civic leaders employ to mobilize resources. We argue that the encounter sketched here of local vulnerability following protracted social conflict and a major natural disaster with the international aid machinery has fostered a cycle of dependence/survival strategies in the higher education institution we examine and undermined its ability to achieve its core mission. More generally, we contend that in situations of extreme poverty and heavy international donor influence, “local ownership” may become synonymous with “local survival” unless predicated on the availability of local capacities and site-specific distribution of international resources. We propose one modest initiative to reduce the university’s dependence on international funding through the development of a sustainable tourism enterprise as a way to nurture local ownership and social capital. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|