... are not class or race biased; they understand how to make microfinance assist the marginalized poor in a society segregated by class and race. Cooperatives and credit unions (called caisses populaires in Haiti) are able to reach hundreds of thousands of people. Originality/value – These lenders...

... that liberalisation and deregulation in low‐income countries, like Haiti, may actually reduce the rate of economic growth. In the case of Haiti, few of the prerequisites noted above for liberalisation and deregulation were satisfied. Until 1998 prices were not stable; inflation fluctuated from 39.3 per cent in 1993...