December 6, 2010
Categories: Education, Infrastructure
Tags: education, higher education, INURED, university
The long-awaited post‐earthquake assessment of higher education institutions in the Port‐au‐Prince metropolitan area by the respected Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) has been released. The report suggests there is great need for the creation of quality higher education institutions in Haiti. Consequently, I have agreed to found the International University of Haiti (IUH) …
December 6, 2010
Categories: Economy, Infrastructure
Tags: mobile banking
Cash is so 20th century. I’ve been experimenting with a 21st-century alternative, using money on a cellphone account to buy goods in shops. It’s a bit like using a credit card, but the system can also enable you to use your cellphone account to transfer money to individuals or companies domestically or internationally. And it’s …
December 1, 2010
Categories: Culture
Tags: Edwidge Danticat, storytelling
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat returns with her first novel in a decade, and her first work of fiction about her native country since the 2010 earthquake there. It’s called “Claire of the Sea Light.” Jeffrey Brown sat down with her earlier today. Here’s an excerpt from their conversation. JEFFREY BROWN: What is …
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December 1, 2010
Categories: Infrastructure
Tags: TED
Peter Haas: Haiti’s disaster of engineering | Video on TED.com “Haiti was not a natural disaster,” says TED Fellow Peter Haas: “It was a disaster of engineering.” As the country rebuilds after January’s deadly quake, are bad old building practices creating another ticking time bomb? Haas’s group, AIDG, is helping Haiti’s builders learn modern building …
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November 30, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — International observers played down allegations of widespread fraud in Haiti’s critical post-quake election as ballots began to be counted at an industrial park in the capital Monday. At the same time, a pair of leading presidential candidates, each sensing a potential berth in a likely runoff, broke with rivals who had said …
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