October 18, 2019
Categories: Economy, Medicine and Health, Restavek
The deteriorated economic conditions in Haiti have a far reaching effect on basic expenditure by families. The condition is far worse for Child Domestic Worker (CDW) families living in rural areas in comparison to other families living in such areas. While around 12.30 percent of all households in rural areas cut down on expenditure on […]
January 10, 2018
Categories: Competitiveness, Economy, Education, France, Haiti, Poverty, Report On Education, Teachers, United States
Tags: gdp, World Bank
April 29, 2017
Categories: Economy, Poverty, Recipients
Tags: child labor, economy, income, poverty
On account of various factors relating to the socio-economic conditions that were prevalent, child labor became a part of the everyday life of children in Haiti. Haiti’s population in 2011 was over 9.7 million and nearly 80% of the population in lived below the poverty line. The earthquake of 2010 also caused great losses leading […]
April 27, 2016
Categories: Economy, Infrastructure, Poverty
Tags: IMF, land, migration, poverty, rural, World Bank
Poverty in Haiti: The country of Haiti has almost always been classified as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, and has experienced a stagnation or even decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since it achieved independence. Today, Haiti is run by a transitional government assisted by an international stabilization force to address the country’s manifold problems. One such is […]
April 21, 2016
Categories: Economy, Poverty, United States
Tags: embassy, hanes, levis, slums, wages
Memos from 2008 and 2009 obtained by Wikileaks strongly suggest, but don’t prove without a doubt, that the State Department helped block the proposed minimum wage increase. The memos show that U.S. Embassy officials in Haiti clearly opposed the wage hike and met multiple times with factory owners who directly lobbied against it to the […]