Arché Jean, DBA, MEd, MS
Editorial Reviews
Book Description:
Agriculture has long been a vital factor in the economic growth of Haiti, once considered the jewel of the Antilles. With its burgeoning agricultural development, why does the country suffer nearly unparalleled poverty? This is the question asked and answered in Dr. Arché Jean's scholarly and very compelling book.
What the author calls "an empirical study" reaches into the heart of the country, exploring its development and what are, or should be, the political, social, technical and economic manifestations of an agrarian society. Dr. Jean evaluates the extensive literature written on agriculture and development economics and applies these findings to his own studies of Haiti. His study reveals fascinating information about Haitian macroeconomics and how it has failed a large part of the Haitian population. His comprehensive study into the productivity history of the rural sector of Haitian life answers the question: What are the true sources of poverty? Finally, Dr. Jean calls for a new social contract designed to return to all inhabitants the dignity and economic foothold they so richly deserve.
Dr. Arché Jean was born in the town of Saint Raphael Haiti, two months after his father's sudden death. He attended primary school and the first three years of his secondary education in his home-town. Then, he went to Cap-Haitian, second city of Haiti, where he completed his secondary education in June 1980. One year later, Dr. Jean began his post-secondary education journey in Haiti and continued it in Massachusetts after he immigrated to the United States.
Dr. Jean is a secondary school math teacher in Boston Massachusetts. Dr. Jean earned multiple degrees. He holds a doctorate degree in Business Administration from Southern California University For Professional Studies at Santa Ana, California; M.Ed. from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts; MS in Economic Policy and Planning from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts; BS in Business Mangement/Accounting and BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a law degree from the Law School of Cap-Haitian, Haiti.
My two primary objectives for writing this book are: to identify the role that agriculture has played in the economic growth and development of Haiti, and to ascertain and examine the detrimental factors that have proliferated poverty in both the rural and urban sectors of the Haitian nation. Consequently, this text serves as an empirical examination of Haiti’s growth and development during an era in which progressive nations have utilized not only governmental policies but also intellectual capital and technological resources in an attempt to ensure the expansion of their respective agricultural sectors. It must be noted that agriculture is a primary catalyst for the creation of economic growth and social stability in both developed and less developed nations.
Haiti’s gross domestic product per capita continued to decline from one year to the next. There was no positive initiative taken in order to redress this situation. During the thirty years covered by this research, the Haitian economy decreased at an average rate of 10% (see Figure 4.7).
Indeed, Haiti has become a land of political unrest, and military coups d’état occur on a continuous basis. A climate of uncertainty and political upheavals are the central chef-d’oeuvres displayed in every corner of the main streets of Haiti. The results of this climate of uncertainty and despair have been the rise of a feeling of anti-patriotism among young folks of Haiti. The Haitian youth do not consider Haiti as their alma mater, but they see Haiti as a bridge they will cross sooner or later in order to reach their final destination, the United States of America, France, Canada or some other more advanced countries.
Furthermore, the Haitian rural population has been rejected in terms of formal education opportunities. The rural population has not benefited from any real formal training. If they occasionally receive some special training with regard to farming, these programs were usually financed by or originated by some international organizations such as FAO, BID, USAID, some French, or Canadian non-governmental organizations or other foreign gove
