Presenters James Dobbins Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation Keith Crane Director, Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program, RAND Corporation Laurel Miller Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Haiti’s future prosperity and peace depend on its ability to build a more resilient state, one capable of providing public services like education and health …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The new Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, Bernice Fidelia, acknowledged that she had a lot of work ahead of her working with 4.5 million Haitians living in the Diaspora. Speaking to reporters after the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, the successor of Daniel Supplice said that she had plans in place for …
New Diaspora Minister Bernice Fidelia plans to organize Haitians abroad Read More »
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 22 2013 — A $61 million dollar, eight-year World Bank community development project implemented across half of Haiti has successfully repaired roads, built schools and distributed livestock. But it has also helped undermine an already weak state, damaged Haiti’s social fabric, carried out what could be called “social and political reengineering,” and …
Jane Regan: Haiti: World Bank Helps Undermine Grassroots Groups, Democracy Read More »
Haitian Revolution (Part 1) – YouTube.
In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com. The New York Times shows that such post-disaster idealism came to be undercut by the enormousness of the task, the weakness and volatility of the Haitian government, the continuation of aid business as usual and the limited effectiveness of the now-defunct recovery commission that …
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