Biography

Charley G. Granvorka is both a consultant and a researcher at the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane ( CEREGMIA) working on various aspects of environmental and development economics as it relates to the Caribbean. She is currently completing her Ph.D thesis – to defend on June the next - on the topic of Plantation economics and calculable general equilibrium, comparing the cases of Haiti and Santo Domingo.

Article Title

Independance vs assimilation: the compared case of Barbados, Haiti and Martinique

Abstract

At a particular time in their history, the former English and French colonies of Barbados, Haiti and Martinique have had to decide what their future should be. While Barbados and Haiti gained independence, Martinique opted for integration into France, its mother-country as a French overseas department. By questioning their economic performance, we try to determine the key elements of their respective results framed by their political status. Thus, the remainder of this paper is the following: Section 1 introduces the general historical frame of the countries in the matter. Section 2 compares the results. Section 3 proposes some economic policies for Haiti and Section 4 is conclusive.