CURRICULUM VITAE
Summary of Experience and Research
I am a monitoring and evaluation specialist, researcher, and analyst. My regional interest is the Caribbean, Haiti is the country of my specific expertise where I have more than 30 years of experience. I have also worked extensively in the Dominican Republic as well as Grenada, Mexico, Kenya, The Democratic Republic of Congo, and Afghanistan. I have a strong academic background in demographics, economics, history, statistics, human geography, and sociology; and 34 years of experience in research project management.
University Studies
I was the graduate research assistant to Marvin Harris, recognized as one of Anthropology’s most influential theoreticians of the 20th century. My doctoral chair, Gerald Murray, is arguably the most prolific ethnographer ever to work in Haiti. Other of my doctoral committee members and mentors included renowned anthropological field research methodologist, Russell Bernard. and esteemed historian David Geggus.
Professional Work
I founded what is arguably the most productive research company in Haiti (see SOCIODIG.com). In the process, I designed the survey sampling strategies, wrote the questionnaires, programmed them into ODK, recruited and coordinated the surveyors and supervisors, analyzed the data, wrote the reports, crafted and delivered the PowerPoint presentations for more than 100 developing-world surveys covering everything from agricultural practices to value chains to nutritional surveys to the incidence of sexual assault. For a similar range of topics, I have written guides, crafted, and managed over 1,000 focus groups, many of which I fully translated into English before codifying, indexing, analyzing, and incorporating findings into reports and presentations.
Publications
I have detailed my findings and observations in 63 major reports (complete with presentations), 197 white pages and blogs, five refereed articles, four book chapters, and three books, one of which (Travesty in Haiti) was for 10 years required reading for all US State Department employees assigned to Haiti.
Methods and Ongoing Research
Using Cultural Consensus Theory, I have developed and continue to develop innovative methodologies for conducting social surveys and maintaining statistically reliable networks of local informants (see NOKLINS and FREQ-LISTING), I pioneered highly graphic mapping techniques to describe, present, and archive ethnographic research findings in a way that overcomes the inertia of the boring and seldom read development report, techniques that are gripping and intuitive to both literate researchers and non-literate beneficiaries of aid programs (MEVMS, GARS, MIEM, Science and Art, Resiklaj Digital). Together with teams of Haitian researchers I mentored over the past three decades, I have produced and continue to mine a wealth of original research, including an archive of more than 40,000 tried-and-true Kreyol/English/French questions developed and vetted in collaboration with Haitian research teams, and programmed into ODK questionnaires, as well as 139 databases from surveys ranging from 250 to over 5,000 respondents, and an archive of more than 200 focus groups with Haitian informants that are fully transcribed into Haitian Creole and English translated. Respondents include individuals ranging from gang leaders to street children, to orphans, to victims of sexual assault to members of the LBGQT community in Haiti, to police officers to government ministers to peasant farmers to market women. All the described research is constantly being compiled and built upon in a public archive and major repository for Haiti development reports, focus groups, and maps (EKOHAITI.com); part of a long-term project that my colleagues at EKO and I envision revolutionizing the state of learning and access to knowledge in Haiti and that will increase accountability in the humanitarian aid sector (see 3-minute video here).
CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFILE
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology: University of Florida, (emphasis on economics & research methods)
M.A. Anthropology: University of Florida (emphasis on statistics, demography and environment)
B.A. Anthropology: University of Florida (emphasis on statistics & linguistics)
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· Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) · Data Analysis and Management · Survey Design and Implementation · Qualitative and Quantitative Research · Program Evaluation · Report Writing and Presentation · Project Management · Capacity Building and Training · Flash Polls and CATI surveys · Focus Groups and Content Analysis · Demography · Ethnographic field methods · Geography · Transcription and Translation |
· ODK Programming (Expert) · PowerPoint (Expert) · EXCEL (Expert) · Statistical Software (SPSS, R, Stata) · NVivo · Paint.Net (Expert) · ArcGIS & Google Earth · VBA/ACCESS/EXCEL/WORD · ANTHROPAC (Cultural Consensus Analysis) · Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PDF Maker) · WIX & WORDPRESS · Chat GPT & DALL-E · Photography · Video & Audio Editing (Camtasia & Audacity) |
Languages
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Haitian Kreyol. Readily understand spoken and written French.
Region Specialization
Caribbean, with a concentration on Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Experience in Africa and Afghanistan.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
SOCIODIG: Sociodigital Research Group LLC Port-au-Prince, Haiti
July 2015 – May 2024
- Led the design and implementation of M&E frameworks for multiple international development projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and donor requirements.
- Conducted comprehensive data analysis using statistical software to assess project impact and inform decision-making processes.
- Developed and vetted survey instruments and sampling strategies, managed data collection, and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data.
- Crafted contract and SOWs
- Prepared detailed evaluation reports and presentations for stakeholders, including donors, government agencies, and project partners.
- Trained and mentored staff on M&E methodologies and best practices, enhancing organizational capacity for effective program evaluation.
- Coordinated with field teams to ensure accurate and timely data collection and reporting.
International Survey Director
International Trade Center’s Ethical Fashion Initiative
54-56 Rue de Montbrillant 1202 Geneva Switzerland
February 2012 – June 2015
- Supported the development and implementation of M&E plans International Artisan-Designer project in five emerging countries: Haiti, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, and Ghana.
- Designed survey instruments to be compatible with United Nations work and ethical standards
- Conducted baseline, midline, and endline evaluations to measure project outcomes and impact.
- Analyzed large datasets to identify trends and inform program improvements, using tools like SPSS and Excel.
- Collaborated with country directors and project managers to develop logical frameworks (LogFrames) and performance indicators.
- Drafted comprehensive evaluation reports and presented findings to senior management and external stakeholders.
SURVEYS, EVALUATIONS, AND CONSULTANCIES
Year 2024
Hotes Foundation: Series of presentations to Hotes Foundation humanitarian aid team. Given live in Seattle of a period of 3 days. Topics included Haiti security situation and historical context; Haitian livelihood strategies; international NGOs failure and systemic curruption; social, historical, and and envirionmental history and current trends on Lake Azui and Haitian Dominican Border.
USAID (United States Agency for International Development)/ DAI (Development Alternatives Inc) Indepth study of Haitian market women and associated market actors.. Covered the Haitian Departments of the North, Northeast, Central Plateau and South. Included 18 full-transcription and English translated focus groups
HELP (Haiti Educational and Leadership Program): Principal investigator and team leader for the evaluation of SLP (Service Leadership Program), plus alumni database management, follow up of 1,000-respondent survey of general population students of higher education. Development of questionnaire and guides for 10 focus groups with current and past students as well as representatives from partner organizations. Survey of all 263 alumni and 119 current students. Analysis, report, lessons learned, and recommendations.
ACCESO: Review of questionniares, translation from Kreyol to English.
Heineken/BRANA. Market analysis for new hybrid Health-Energy drinks. Focus groups with gound professionals. Full transcription and Englsh tranlations, analysis, report, and presentation. Team of four, 21 focus groups participants.
Year 2022-2023
USAID (United States Agency for International Development) & DPI (Development Professionals Incorporated): Focus groups with vulnerable populations in Haiti, including LBGQTI, male and female rural farmers, rural youth, street children, youth at risk/gang members, earthquake victims, and deportees. Full transcriptions in Kreyol, translations to English, analysis, report, and presentation made to the US State Department. Analysis, Report, and presentation to the US State Department and USAID.
US State Department: Presentation online about security situation in Haiti.
UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program): Principal investigator for evaluation of Hybrid Electric Grid in South Department of Haiti. Included interviews all stakeholders, review of project management, financials, performance, environmental best practices, and safety. Included a random survey of 200 electric clients. Analysis, report, lessons learned, and recommendations
NORC/USAID (US Agency for International Development): Principal investigator and team leader for a Country Security Assessment (CSA) in Haiti. Included 50 Key Informant interviews with gang leaders, security specialists, and religious, business and political leaders. 8 focus groups with rank and file police, youth, and NGO workers. Also included a 700 respondent, nationally representative CATI survey. Tasks included advising research team and programming questionnaire in ODK.
UN DPPA (United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs): Principal investigator and team leader for 1,000 respondent nationally representative, Haiti, CATI survey regarding beliefs and attitudes toward UN activity in Haiti. Included analysis and report.
Ipsos/Mercy Corps: Principal investigator and team leader for a 1,100-respondent survey of adolescent girls attending 60 different schools in popular neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince and Cape Haitian. Included 8 focus groups and 10 KIIs (Key information interviews).
University of Chicago School of Economics, LSE (London School of Ecnomics) and IDB (Inter-American Development Bank): Team leader for a 1,969 respondent survey of civil sector employees in the Haitian Government’s ministry of agriculture (MARNDR) and ministry of public works (MTPTC). Overseeing team of 20 surveyors and four international consultants. Conducted under direction of University of Chicago Ecnomics Professor James Robinson and with professors from LSE (London School of Ecnomics)..
Year 2021
University of Chicago School of Economics, LSE (London School of Ecnomics) and IDB (Inter-American Development Bank): Team leader for 200 interviews with civil servants inside the ministry of agriculture. Conducted under direction of University of Chicago Ecnomics Professor James Robinson and with professors from LSE (London School of Ecnomics)..
CARTER Health Clinic: Principal investigator and team leader monitoring and evaluation of privately funded Health Clinic in Haiti. Development and application of accounting for finance and medical treatments as well as development and application of Beneficiary Satisfaction Surveys.
CASELI-KELLOGG Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for 30 fully transcribed and translated focus groups, 150 key informant interviews with market women, planters, entrepreneurs, political, NGO and grassroot organization functionaries. 500+ high quality photos. Building of multidimensional maps including the following layers: Topography; Roads; Rivers and Lakes; Markets and Market Sheds; Public Transport Stations: Demography; Irrigation Perimeters; Major Crop Types: Political and Police Offices, Headquarters and Posts; Factories and monocropping/production zones; Economic Opportunities.
Columbia School of Business and FONKOZE/USAID (US Agency for International Development): Principal investigator and team leader on qualitative evaluation of USAID funded health programs AKSYON and Boutik Sante. Research included 50 focus groups and more than 100 key informant interviews in all 10 Haiti departments. Conducted with Aaron Isaac Baum (PhD and MD) Aaron Isaac Baum, Columbia University. .
Columbia University School of Business/FONKOZE/USAID (US Agency for International Development): Principal investigator and team leader on 1,000 respondent health and nutritional survey evaluating USAID funded AKSYON and Boutik Sante programs. Included MUAC for 1,000 mother and children aged 6 to 59 months, weighing and measuring all children, and application of a 40-minute, ~950 question interview instrument. Conducted under direction of Aaron Isaac Baum (PhD and MD) Aaron Isaac Baum, Columbia University.
Year 2020
IHI (International Health Innovations): Principal investigator and team leader on 600-respodent tests of COVID-19 prevalence. Research design, questionnaire, analysis and report.
ILO (International Labor Organization): Principal investigator and team leader for f 4 MEVMS Maps (Multidimensional Ethnographic Value-Chain Mapping Strategy) in Haiti. The value chains were Cashews, Chocolate, Castor Bean, and Breadfruit. Research included 16 fully transcribed focus groups with more than 50 marketers and planters. Analysis and report.
IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development): Marketing Specialist on $86 Million Program Design (KeLCoP) in Kenya. Marketing chains were poultry, small ruminants (sheep and goats), and beekeeping.
University of Maryland: Random, 1,000 respondent crime and opinion survey conducted throughout Port-au-Prince. Helped design and manage all aspects of a crime study in low-income Port-au-Prince neighborhoods. Included five focus groups guides, development of questionnaire, recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, programming of questionnaire in ODK Collect, translation. The field work was never realized because of COVID.
Year 2019
Harvard Kennedy School: Conducted under direction of Political Science Professor Dara Cohen and Emory Professor Danielle Jung Team leader for study of security, crime and vigilantism in Port-au-Prince. Research was based focus groups with 39 individuals living in living in popular neighborhoods of Cite Soleil, La Saline, Martissant and Belaire. Included recruiting respondents, crafting focus group guides, conducting focus groups, transcribing the discussions and then translating and analyzing all seven focus groups
University of Chicago School of Economics, LSE (London School of Ecnomics) and IDB (Inter-American Development Bank): Conducted under direction of University of Chicago Ecnomics Professor James Robinson. Team leader on study of Haitian civil service study. Included 30 key information interviews with ministry and parliament personnel from the level of cleaners and security guards to Secretary General, Deputies and Ex-Ministers. Preparation for a never realized (due to COVID pandemic) 2,600 respondent survey of employees at Haitian ministries MARNDR, MTPTC and MSPP. Included participation in development and vetting of questionnaire, Conducted under direction of University of Chicago Ecnomics Professor James Robinson and with professors from LSE (London School of Ecnomics)..
HELP (Haiti Educational and Leadership Program): Principal investigator and team leader on evaluation of educational program. Data base management and 1,000-respondent survey of University students at three main Universities in Haiti. Development of questionnaire, 6 focus groups. Analysis and report.
RTI (Research Triangle Institute)/LEVE/USAID (US Agency for International Development): Principal investigator and team leader on evaluation of job creation on LEVE/USAID supported SMASH (Smallholder Alliance for Sorghum) in Haiti. Development and programming of survey instruments in ODK, 250 producers interviewed, 5 focus groups.
Year 2018
RTI (Research Triangle Institute)/LEVE/USAID (US Agency for International Development): Principal investigator and team leader on impact evaluation of USAID-support to Caribbean Harvest Aquaculture. Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programming ODK, survey team training, survey coordination, child health surveys (WHZ, HAZ, WAZ), analysis, PP presentations, and report. Included a census of four villages, 10 focus groups, and extensive document review and internet searches.
CHECCHI Consulting/USAID (US Agency for International Development): M&E Technical Consultant for Evaluation of USG Engineering Support Services (ESP) in Afghanistan: Commissioned by USAID. I was part of a 5-person team evaluating the construction management and quality assurance services on 525 million worth of infrastructural projects. I was the M&E consultant. I conducted Key Informant Interviews, designed and programmed online questionnaires, did analysis, and participated in writing the report.
HEKS-EPER: Principal investigator and team leader for value chain studies. Research was conducted in Grand Anse. Values chains were charcoal, fruit, lumber, fishing, and goats. Research included 12 focus groups, 6 of which were fully transcribed and translated to English. In organizing, explaining, and presenting the value chains, I developed a research strategy called Multi-Dimensional Value-Chain Mapping technique.
HEKS-EPER: Principal investigator and team leader for the rural baseline survey. 600 respondent households in 4 agroecological zones of the Grand Anse. My tasks included designing the research, writing and programming the questionnaire in ODK Platform, analysis and report.
International Healthy Initiative (IHI). Principal investigator and team leader for market evaluation for breast cancer treatment center: Commissioned by Research included a random survey of Port-au-Prince Health Care use, 600-respondent survey and report
Year 2017
United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Consultant/author WFP Frequency-Listing Operational Manual. Created strategy of identifying most vulnerable households: Notab Identification through Freq-Listing.
Harvard and Emory Universities: Principal investigator and team leader for Urban Crime Study: Commissioned by Harvard and Emory Universities and funded by the Swedish Government. Helped design and managed all aspects of a crime study in low-income Port-au-Prince neighborhoods. Six focus groups, recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, programming of questionnaire in ODK Collect, and coordination for 1,200 respondent survey.
HEKS-EPER: Principal investigator and team leader for rural development impact study. Grand Anse, Haiti. Identification of rural leaders through Socio-Dig’s Freq-Listing technique (including 964 respondent survey), survey of experts and application of Cultural Consensus Analysis techniques, development and mapping of 4 value chains, 600 respondent baseline survey. Development and programming into ODK Collect of 5 different survey instruments
ACE Hardware and Papyrus: Principal investigator and team leader for market survey commissioned by ACE Hardware and Papyrus consultancy. Programmed questionnaires in ODK Collect, managed data for Port-au-Prince survey on the use of hardware stores.
ACESSO/Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for Evaluation of Clinton Foundation Tree Planting Project: Evaluated program that distributed ~ 1 million lime, mango, and guava trees. Funded by ACCESSO/Kellogg Foundation/ Clinton Foundation Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership. Four rural focus groups, key informant interviews, and review of documentation. Recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, programming of questionnaire in ODK Collect.
United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Principal investigator and team leader for Evaluation of WFP Local Procurement School Feeding Program (Department of Nippes, Haiti). Commissioned by the World Food Program (WFP). Followed 12 of 23 schools in the program for 18 months. Included 15 focus groups with teachers, school directors, cooks, parents, children, market women, farmers, and association leaders. Full transcription and translation into English. Recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, and programming of 4 questionnaires in ODK Collect. Creation of a scoring strategy to gauge the organizational development of cooperatives and associations. Statistical evaluation of program impact on student scholastic achievement. Report and analysis.
Columbia University School of Business/USAID/UNICEF/FONKOZE: Principal investigator and team leader for an evaluation of Survey Evaluating Health Boutique Program: Conducted in partnership with MD & PhD students from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Columbia University School of Business.Funded by USAID and managed by partners UNICEF, MSPP (Haiti Ministry of Health. FONKOZE, Programmed questionnaires, trained and fielded surveyors, and managed all aspects of 1,200 respondent mother/child survey conducted in 5 of Haiti’s 10 Departments. Included measurements and analysis for Stunting HAZ, WAZ, and Wasting (WHZ).
FONKOZE: Principal investigator and team leader for Survey Evaluating FONKOZE/BRAC CLM program for disadvantaged women. Commissioned by FONKOZE. Worked in association with professors at the Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England/University of Suffix). Programmed questionnaire, trained and fielded surveyors, and managed all aspects of 600 respondent survey designed to
FONKOZE/United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Principal investigator and team leader for Survey Evaluating of Human Development Vulnerability Index (HDVI). Commissioned by FONKOZE and WFP for World Bank and USAID funded program. Programmed questionnaire into ODK Collect, trained and fielded surveyors, and managed all aspects of 800 respondent survey.
Year 2016
IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ: Principal investigator and team leader for Evaluation of Haiti Hope Mango Project (Haiti) Funded by IDB, USAID, Coca Cola, and the Soros Foundation with the implementing partner TechnoServe. Design, management, support, analysis and report. includes 5 fully transcribed focus groups, 1,215 respondent survey, two 100 plus respondent telephone surveys, and a 100 respondent value chain survey as well as extensive interviews with key informants.
MINUSTAH/United Nations: Team leader for 600-respondent survey conducted with inmates inside of the Haitian National Penitentiary. Wrote questionnaire, managed data, trained and coordinated research team.
Columbia University Department of Sociology and USAID/NORC/Papyrus: Team leader for USAID Evaluation Surveys of Remanded Prisoners (Haiti): Provision of surveyors, training, data management and coordination for 1,080 respondent survey of remanded prisoners in three Haitian penitentiaries. Supervised by Columbia University Sociology Department Professors in association with NORC (University of Chicago), funded by USAID, under auspices of PAPYRUS (Haiti)
United Nations OCHA: Principal investigator and team leader for evaluation of post-earthquake rental subsidy program (Haiti): For OCHA in coordination with Concern Worldwide. I designed survey strategy; developed, vetted and programmed questionnaire. Management, support and analysis for a 10 focus groups and 1,400-respondent survey for rental subsidy, economic activity and unconditional case grants strategies used to integrate camp residents and families into existing neighborhoods. Conducted analysis and wrote report.
GOAL: Principal investigator and team leader for pre-crisis marketing map project (Haiti): specifically for drought in Gressier, Haiti. Conducted ten days of field research, analysis, maps for corn and beans, and report. Commissioned by Goal and conducted under the auspices of Practical Action Consulting (London)
Columbia University School of Business and FONKOZE: Team leader for surveys evaluating failure of small creditor insurance. 2,000 household survey. Designed survey sampling strategy, recruited, trained and managed surveyors. Developed, translated, programmed and tested questionnaire.
Year 2015
APC (American Peanut Council)/EDESIA: Principal investigator and team leader and research design for Ethnography of Haitian Food Consumption Patterns (Haiti), Commissioned by the American Peanut Council and subcontracted through EDESIA. Research into Haitian food categories and preferences. Included 30 focus groups, 136 respondent Cultural Consensus Analysis (freelists & pile sorts), key informant interviews with wholesale distributors and government officials. 600 respondent random survey covering 4 of Haiti’s 10 departments., 120 store and market inventories, a US based social enterprise and research company.
MFK (Meds and Foods for Kids): Principal investigator and team leader market investigation into ‘Popped Pitimi’ (Haiti). Cover three of Haiti’s 10 departments, includes focus groups, Cultural Consensus analysis, interviews with distributors and government officials, 600 respondent quantitative survey. Research ongoing.
RTI (Research Triangle Institute)/LEVE/USAID (US Agency for International Development): Principal investigator and team leader for 500-respondent survey of Agricultural and Construction sectors.
| OXFAM/WFP (Haiti): Team leader for a control vs Treatment group 400 respondent survey in remote NE Haiti Communes of Vallières / Mombin Crochu. Food Security Study. |
| OXFAM (Haiti): Team leader for 300 participant survey of Carrefour Feulle, an urban district in Haiti. On behalf of SocioDig (Socio-Digital Research Group) I recruited and trained surveyors, wrote survey instrument prepared data for analysis, managed and conducted three focus groups and prepared data. |
ACF (Action Contre le Faim—Haiti): Supported consultant who conducted food security analysis in Haiti’s Department of the Northwest and Artibonite. Wrote questionnaire, provided and trained surveyors, provided vehicles and all logistics. Cleaned data.
IFAD: Marketing Specialist on United Nations IFAD Evaluation of Program in Grenada, West Indies: Hired by IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development). Midterm review of USD $6 million Marketing Access Rural Enterprise Development Program (MAREP). I covered gender, small loans.
FCA (Finland Church Aid): Principal investigator for market investigation into egg production (Haiti). Geographic focus on Department of the South. Included a 380 household survey and follow-up telephone survey.
Commissioned by CRS (Catholic Relief Services): Principal investigator and team leader for Cacao Evaluation and Survey of Cacao Production and Grower Cooperatives (Haiti). Included 1,100 respondent survey Conducted in Haiti’s Department of the North and Department of the Grand Anse. Wrote questionnaire, managed teams of 9 surveyors and 3 international consultants. Oversaw analysis and report writing.
Year 2014
Root Capital: Principal investigator and team leader for Evaluation of Cacao Production and Grower Cooperatives (Haiti):. Included review of literature and survey of 350 cacao producers in department of Grand Anse, Haiti. Cooperative member vs. non-member control group study.
United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development): Market Specialist for preparation study of new program focusing on market access, rural finance and institutional support in NW Haiti. Wrote report outlining livelihood and market strategies and opportunities in NW Haiti.US 20 million.
United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development): Member of Evaluation Team for United Nations Agricultural Project of PPI-2 (Haiti). Participated as team member in US26 million project.
GB Group (Lafiteau Haiti): Principal investigator and team leader for World Bank Social Impact Assessment Lafiteau port facilities and industrial Park (Haiti). Carried out under auspices of Earthtech Engineering, DR. Included 800 household survey, Literature review, focus groups and community disclosure.
Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for Durable Goods Market Study (Haiti). Research was designed to assess the availability and pricing of personal and household goods, non-perishable food tools and construction materials; sourcing, profit and turnover rates, market size and untapped markets. Included freelists from 281 people selected randomly in the target area, 18 wholesale and retail merchants, and1,091 consumers in 10 communes in the Plateau Central. Team of 26 researchers
United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Principal investigator and team leader for WFP Evaluation of Community Based Targeting Strategies (Haiti): Commissioned by CNSA and funded by WFP. Included 300 respondents survey on attitudes and perceptions of beneficiary targeting and distribution. Analysis of system of community based targeting and proxy means testing.
Root Capital: Principal investigator and team leader for Coffee grower and Cooperative Study (Haiti). Included 3 focus groups, household interviews of 150 coffee growers who were members of cooperatives and 50 nonmember coffee growers. Analysis and report.
IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ: Principal investigator and team leader for evaluation of “Haiti Hope Project” (Mango producer study): Commissioned by TechnoServe Developed, translated and adapted questionnaire; coordinated survey; prepared and analyzed data and wrote report. 6 Surveyors 691 respondents
Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for Market Study (Haiti). Included 3 Focus groups with market women; survey of contents of 10 rural stores, 1 rural market and ten importers on Haiti/Dominican border. Team of 4 researchers.
Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for Peanut Farmer Study (Haiti). Designed, coordinated, and prepared the data for a 1,289 person survey of farmers in Haiti’s departments of the Central Plateau, Artibonite, North, and North East. Team of 6 surveyors 3 International Trade Center Survey/evaluation and report for City Soley, Haiti artisan project (AVSI).
Year 2013 and earlier
USAID/CARE Gender Study: Principal investigator and team leader. Designed, coordinated, analyzed and wrote report for a 1,600 household survey on Gender Roles and Gender Based Violence in two Haitian communes. Team of 18 surveyors
Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for Peanut Farmer Study (Haiti) Commissioned by TechnoServe. Designed, coordinated, prepared data for a 750 household survey of peanut farmers in the Plateau Central.
UN International Trade Center: Principal investigator and team leader for (2013) Study of Fair Wages in Haiti. In collaboration with the FLA (Fair Labor Association). Included 300 respondent cost of living snowball survey, analysis and report.
IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ: Principal investigator and team leader for “Haiti Hope Project” Mango Farmer Study: Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programming ODK, survey team training, and survey coordination, data analysis and report. 6 Surveyors 691 respondents, prepared and analyzed data and wrote report.
Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for Market Study (Haiti, 2013): 3 Focus groups with market women; survey of contents of 10 rural stores, 1 rural market and ten importers on Haiti/Dominican border. Team of 4 researchers.
Clinton Foundation: Principal investigator and team leader for survey of Haitian farmers (Haiti, 2013): Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programing ODK, survey team training, and survey coordination for a 1,289 person survey of farmers in Haiti’s departments of the Central Plateau, Artibonite, North, and North East. Team of 6 surveyors.
German Red Cross: Principal investigator and team leader for EMMA & Rapid Appraisal of Fishing in Departments of Grand Anse and Nippes (Haiti, 2012). Commissioned by German and Haitian Red Cross. Led a team of 5 Red Cross Volunteers on a rapid appraisal of conditions in the region. Performed on the past of the German and Haitian Red Cross
CARE: Principal investigator and team leader for Gender Study (Haiti, 2012): Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programing ODK, survey team training, and survey coordination, data analysis and report for a 1,600 household survey on Gender Roles and Gender Based Violence in two Haitian communes. Team of 18 surveyors
CARE: Principal investigator and team leader designing USAID-MYAP strategy for CARE International (2012). My task was to research and design 5-year program linking emergency aid to the most vulnerable and food security for the population to local production, processing, storage and redistribution. Target region was Department du Nord Ouest, Haiti and the Upper Artibonite (pop ~1 million). I hired, trained, and supervised a team of 4 junior Haitian investigators. I also designed and programmed two surveys in ODK platform for use on tablet-phones: one survey for NGOs focusing, on projects; the other survey based on focus group conclusions, focus groups being conducted in each section communal of the department du Nord Ouest and Upper Artibonite.
United Nations International Trade Center: Team Leader for United Nations Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI, 2012) artisan study in Haiti. The project was intended to link low income artisans with high end fashion designers, overseen by the World Trade Organization’s International Trade Centre (ITC). My tasks included developing a fair living wage profile for Haitian artisans; mapping artisan communities and supply chains for goods used in artisan production; adapting ITC’s project evaluation system to Haitian project; and helping to adapt ITC’s business model to Haiti.
IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ: Principal investigator and team leader for Baseline survey of Mango Producers for USAID/TechnoServe: Covered 1/4th the geographic territory of Haiti. I corrected, translated, tested the questionnaire and then programmed it for use on Tablet-phones in ODK format. Hired and trained a team of 15 surveyors and oversaw survey. Sample size = 750 (n = 500 randomly selected control group versus an n = 250 treatment group selected from project lists). Carried out on behalf of TecnoServe and in collaboration and funded by Coca Cola, USAID, IDB, and IMF.
USAID/DAI: Principal investigator and team leader for USAID Feed the Future Baseline survey of 3,331 households in three provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (target area~110,000 square miles, year 2011-2012). Survey included 18 surveyors, 4 fulltime staff, and 6 vehicles. Topics were agricultural inputs, techniques, and processing; marketing strategies and transport; and extent of exposure to prior NGO projects and government assistance. Included a nutritional component (wasting). Carried out on behalf of DAI (Development Alternatives Incorporated), USAID funded for FPPM (Food Production Processing and Marketing) project. My tasks included creating the sample design, writing the questionnaire, programing the questionnaire into ODK for use on Samsung Galaxy Tablets, training the surveys, coordinating the survey, uploading data, writing reports and analyses, power point presentations to USAID.
USAID/DAI: Principal investigator and team leader for USAID funded Food Preference Surveys conducted in three urban centers in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Kikwit, and Matadi, 2011). Total sample size = 2,350. Topics were preference for specific foods, frequency of consumption, food expenditures. 12 surveyors. 4 fulltime staff. My tasks including creating the sample design, writing the questionnaire, programing the questionnaire into ODK for use on Samsun Galaxy Tablets, training the surveys, coordinating the survey, uploading data, writing reports and analyses, power point presentations to USAID. Carried out on behalf of DAI (Development Alternatives Incorporated), USAID funded for FPPM (Food Production Processing and Marketing) project.
United Nations World Food Program: Team Leader for Survey and Evaluation of cash-for-work program in Haiti. I was a subcontracted by the University of Michigan, School of Social Work. Trained and coordinated a team of 4 researchers and conducted a 320 household survey in Northwest Haiti.
CINA (Cement Nationale): Team Leader for marketing analysis of cement sales and uses of cement in Haiti (2011). Conducted on behalf of CINA (Cement Nationale) and in collaboration with Colombian marketing firm Mercadeo Estrategicos (Haiti): I translated six different questionnaires (~15 pages each) from Spanish to Creole and adapted them to Haitian Cultural-linguistic expectations, then instructed and oversaw team of 6 Haitian researchers. Sample included 372 cement wholesaler, distributors, contractors and construction workers in Haiti (cities of Port-au-Prince, Cape Haitian, Hinche, Port-de-Paix, Gonaives, and Les Cayes).
USAID: Principal investigator and team leader of USAID BARR (Building Assessments and Rubble Removal) Survey (Haiti, 2010-11): I designed methodology and questionnaire and led team of 16 researchers on a 3,784 building survey of earthquake impacted houses in Port-au-Prince; oversaw data entry; conducted analysis; wrote report, and gave presentation to USAID and partners.
ACDI-VOCA, Save the Children, Diakonie, CROSE, International Rescue Committee: Principal investigator and team leader for EMMA Marketing map investigation (Haiti, 2010). Led a team of 8 post-graduate professionals from a group of NGOs (including ACDI-VOCA, Save the Children, Diakonie) Project was focused on impact of earthquake and aid on Department du Sud-Est, Haiti (USAID funded project)
World Vision/USAID (Haiti): Principal investigator for Belmon Analysis for 19,000 tons of emergency USA flour.
USAID/ACDI-VOCA (Haiti): Belmon Analysis for monetization of cooking oil in Haiti
Grupo Consultorio Pareto: Principal investigator and team leader for market analysis of pasta and cookies in Port-au-Prince and Cape Haitian, Haiti (Haiti). I designed methodology and questionnaire, and led team of 6 researchers; oversaw data entry; conducted analysis; wrote report, and gave presentation to Grupo Consultorio Pareto, the Dominican firm that hired me. Research was conducted on behalf of Molinos Modernos, a Guatemala based flour company that markets cookies and pasta in Haiti
E-Power: Team Leader for Social Impact Assessment for E-Power (Haiti, 2008). Social impact assessment for Cite Soley, World Bank funded power plant project. Led a team of 6 researchers in conducting a survey in 5 Cite Soley neighborhoods closest to the proposed site of the power plant. Research carried out on behalf of Entrix (Environmental and Natural Resource Management Consultants) in preparation for the construction and operation of a 35 megawatt thermoelectric plant (owned by E-Power) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Project involved designing questionnaires; assembling, training and supervising research team; analyzing and writing report
CICLONE: Team Leader for Market analysis of energy drink sales in Haiti. Contracted by a German owned energy drink company with production facilities in the Dominican Republic. I traveled into Haiti by motorcycle, visited every major city and most large towns in Haiti (including remote points such as Jeremie, Thiotte, and Mole St Nicolas as well as the entire Haitian Dominican border). Applied a questionnaire to a random systematic, stratified sample of 500 boutiques, mini-markets, small vendors and distributors. In addition to the actual fieldwork I designed survey instrument, carried out analysis, wrote report and made recommendations.
UNESCO: Co-consultant on socio-economic evaluation of Jaragua, Bahoruco, Enriquillo UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Contracted by Isla Consultorio (Dominican Republic). This was my second work focusing on the United Nations Biosphere Reserve in the Southern Dominican-Haitian border region. The funding agency was Acuario, a Spanish NGO focusing on rural community development and conservation (USAID funded project).
AeroDom: Team Leader for surveys of impoverished communities and bateys (encampments/villages of Haitian sugar plantation workers) surrounding Puerto-Plata, Dominican Republic, Airport. Social surveys of Los Congrejos, La Batey/La Reunion, Maria-O. Led a team of 4 researchers in conducting a survey in neighborhoods closest to the airport. Research carried out on behalf of AeroDom Inc (airport management company).
World Wide Environmental Services: I worked as an engineer evaluating heating and cooling distribution systems and energy back-up for world-class data centers. Clients included Bloomberg, Microsoft, Google, Sun Microsystems, SEB Group, Corning Ware, Wells Fargo, Rail Europe, Reynosa, CSFB, AFCOM, UBSS, AEMS, Roger’s Wireless… I performed as an onsite engineer which included taking particle counts and temperature readings, measuring room pressure, identifying hotspots, evaluating AC data, and checking for zinc whiskers,. Wrote the reports for findings, and crafted and delivered Powerpoint Presentations in international clients.
USAID/UNICEF/IRG: Co-Investigator for socioeconomic assessment of the United Nations Jaragua, Bahoruco, Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (Dominican Republic). Contracted by International Resources Group (IRG, IPEP) on behalf of USAID, the Dominican Secretariat de Medio Ambiente, and the United Nations (UNICEF). My tasks included field work, analysis, and write up. Research involved the entire Southwest quadrant of the Dominican Republic (USAID funded project). My tasks included interviewing both Dominicans and Haitians living in the area.
EGE Haina: Coordinator and analyst of eight Social Impact Studies in impoverished barrios throughout the Dominican Republic. Carried out on behalf of EGE Haina (a Canadian energy company owning and operating electric power plants throughout the Dominican Republic). Tasks included designing survey instruments, training and overseeing a team of eight Dominican surveyors, visiting with barrio leaders, political organizers, doctors, clinic directors, priests, police and NGOs. Also conducted interviews in barrios with key informants, identified hazards associated with power plants and squatter settlements, developed prioritized lists of community problems and prospective remedies, carried out the statistical analysis, wrote reports, and co-wrote management plans.
SERCITEC: Coordinator and analyst on Social Impact Study in Haina, Dominican Republic, on behalf of Contracted through SERCITEC consultancy agency, Dominican Republic. The project involved a prospective displacement of a large squatter settlement built on oil pipeline. Trained and oversaw team of six interviewers. Spent two weeks conducting interviews and making maps of displacement area. I also designed and wrote survey instrument, carried out statistical analysis, wrote report, made recommendations and co-wrote management plan.
USAID: Survey Team leader for WIDTECH/USAID (Dominican Republic) Case study on the implications of male skewed sex ratios on park conservation in the Central Cordillera of the Dominican Republic. I was part of a team of four anthropologists. Over a period of six weeks we visited six remote park communities and conducted 1,000 interviews. I designed survey instruments, conducted interviews, entered data, carried out analysis and co-wrote final report. Report presented to the Nature Conservancy in Washington DC.
CARE: Team Leader for on evaluation project, “The Most Vulnerable,” an institutional analysis of potential partners for CARE feeding program. I visited the headquarters of NGO, USAID and EU Cooperating Sponsors as well as representatives of the donors; visited all orphanages, hospitals, poor houses, and TB sanitariums in the Department of the Northwest and Department of the Artibonite (CARE activity zone). I wrote report, entitled, “The Most Vulnerable: a Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Institutions Serving Vulnerable Populations in the Northwest Department and the Northern Artibonite.” Funded by USAID.
USAID: Co-Consultant on USAID Haiti/Dominican Republic Border study. One of a team of 3 anthropologists for study entitled “The Fading Frontier: An Anthropological Analysis of the Agroeconomy and Social Organization of the Haitian- Dominican Border.” I spent eight weeks on Haitian-Dominican border. Designed questionnaires, carried out interviews, and co-wrote final report. Presented in Santo Domingo.
GTZ: Team leader for Nutritional Health Agricultural Demographic and Socio-Economic (NHADS) Survey, Jean Rabel, Haiti (1,586 household random survey). Carried out on behalf of the German Government (GTZ), with the German consulting firm GOPA, German NGO Agro Action Allemande (AAA), French NGO Initiative Developpment (ID), and the Haitian Government. Report entitled, NHADS Survey: Nutritional, Health, Agricultural, Demographic and Socio-Economic Survey: Jean Rabel, Haiti, 1st June 1997 – 11th June 1998. Involved over 60 employees, training, 3 months in the field, entry of over one million variables, analysis and writing of 180-page report.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2010-2023 Lecturing, Training & Presentations. Socidigital Research Group LLC.
- 2012-2013 Associate Professor Anthropology. ETS. (Institute of Social Work). Port-au-Prince. Haiti.
- 2007 Summer Semester: Assistant Professor and program coordinator for International Student Volunteers (ISV). DR Country Coordinator. https://isvolunteer.org/
- 2000-2001: Associate Professor: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. University of Florida.
- 1993-1994: University Lecturer: Human Sexuality and Development. University of Florida.
- 1992-1993: University Lecturer: Professor John Moore. Introduction to Anthropology. University of Florida.
- 1991-1992: University Lecturer: Professor Paul Magnarella, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. University of Florida.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
| Children are the Wealth of the Poor.” Pronatalism and the Economic Utility of Children in Jean Rabel, Haiti. August 2000. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33539.45608. Thesis for: Ph.D. Advisor: Gerald F. Murray. Committee Members: Marvin Harris, H. Russel Bernard, David Geggus, and Paul Doughty. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.33539.45608 (Go to Dissertation) |
| Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking. 2012 |
| Schwartz, Timothy T. 2008. Fewer Men, More Babies: Sex, family and fertility in Haiti. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 13 9781468129663. (Go to Book). |
| Schwartz, Timothy T. 2011. Sex, Family & Fertility in Haiti. Create Space. IBN: 9781468129663, 146812966X. First published in Hardback in 2008 by Rowman and Littlefield as, “Fewer Men, More Babies: Sex, family and fertility in Haiti.ISBN: ISBN 13 9781468129663 (Go to Book). |
| Great Haiti Humanitarian Aid Swindle, 2017. CreateSpace. (Go to Book) |
Book Chapters
“First We Need Taxis” In Haiti After the Earthquake ed. Paul Farmer. 2011. PublicAffairs ISBN 9781586489731 (ISBN10: 1586489739).
The death of a Haitian Priest or Bokor. 2024. In Post-colonial Burial and Grieving Rituals of the Caribbean. Ed. Camille Huggins, Ann Marie Bissessar, Glenda Hinkson . Springer Nature Switzerland AG Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland.
“The Cultural Materialist Cake of Culture.” 2023. In The Human Story: An Introduction to Anthropology. Ed. Alexandra Brewis (Author, Arizona State University), Kelly Knudson (Author, Arizona State University), Christopher Stojanowski (Author, Arizona State University), Cindi SturtzSreetharan (Author, Arizona State University), Amber Wutich (Author, Arizona State University). W.W. Norton and Company Inc.
Conferencia Dominicana de Estudios de Género. 2006. Ed. Lucero Quiroga,
Santo Domingo . El Centro de Estudios de Género, del Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
REFEREED ARTICLES
July 2007. Subsistence songs — Haitian téat performances, gendered capital, and livelihood strategies in Jean Makout, Haiti. NWIG (New West Indian Guide).
Spring 2003. Pronatalism and the Economic Utility of Children in Jean Rabel, Haiti. Journal for Research in Economic Anthropology.
2001 Countries and Their Cultures (Haiti entry). MacMillan Reference USA (Yale University)
DOCUMENTARY APPEARANCES
Haiti After the Quake. 2011. Al Jazeera Correspondent Sebastian Walker.
THE FOREIGN AID PARADOX 2014. Directed by Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing. We The Economy.
- The Land of the Living. 2013. Directed by Joseph Hillel.
- Directed by Michael Matheson Miller.
PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
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GIZ (German Government’s International Development Agency). Schwartz, Timothy T. 1998. NHADS SURVEY: Jean Rabel, Haiti. GIZ (German Government’s International Development Agency). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). USAID (United States Aid to International Development). Murray, Gerald, Matthew McPherson, and Timothy T. Schwartz. 1998. Fading Frontier: An Anthropological Analysis of the Agroeconomy and Social Organization of the Haitian-Dominican Border. USAID (Dominican Republic). Report number: #517-0-00-98-00069-00. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). |
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USAID (United States Aid to International Development). McPherson, Matthew, and Timothy T. Schwartz. 2002. Gender and Shifting Population Trends in Protected Areas in the Dominican Hinterlands: The Implications of Female Outmigration for Conservation in the Cordillera Central. USAID. Washington, DC : Women in development technical assistance project (WIDTECH). (Go to Report). |
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UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). McPherson, Matthew, and Timothy T. Schwartz. 2005. Socioeconomic Assessment of the Jaragua, Bahoruco and Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve. UNESCO. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4873.9600 (Go to Report). |
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USAID/ACDI-VOCA (United States Aid to International Development). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2009. Edible Oil Market in Haiti. Value Chain Analysis. USAID/ACDI-VOCA. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). |
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USAID (United States Aid to International Development) and ACDI-VOCA Schwartz, Timothy T. 2010. EMMA Field Report for Post-Earthquake Emergency Response (Jacmel, Haiti). ACDI-VOCA/USAID. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). USAID/World Vision (WVI). USAID (United States Aid to International Development) and World Vision (WVI) Schwartz, Timothy T. 2010. Post-Earthquake Wheat Flour Monetization in Haiti. January 2010DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27629.15842. USAID/World Vision (WVI). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). |
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USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & LTL Strategies. Schwartz, Timothy T, with Yves-François Pierre and Eric Calpas. 2011. Building Assessments and Rubble Removal in Quake-Affected Neighborhoods in Haiti (BARR Survey). Port-au-Prince. USAID (United States Aid to International Development)/LTL Strategies. Washington D.C. April 2011. (Go to Report) USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & LTL Strategies. Schwartz, Timothy T, with Yves-François Pierre and Eric Calpas. 2011. Building Assessments and Rubble Removal in Quake-Affected Neighborhoods in Haiti (BARR Survey) Ravine Pentad. USAID (United States Aid to International Development)/LTL Strategies. Washington D.C. April 2011. (Go to Report) USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & LTL Strategies. Schwartz, Timothy T, with Yves-François Pierre and Eric Calpas. 2011. ANNEX: Building Assessments and Rubble Removal in Quake-Affected Neighborhoods in Haiti (BARR Survey). . USAID (United States Aid to International Development)/LTL Strategies. Washington D.C. April 2011 (Go to ANNEX) |
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USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & CARE International. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Gender in Haiti Report. USAID/CARE International. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). United Nations ITC (International Trade Center) Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Fair Wage in Haiti: Assessment Report. United Nations ITC (International Trade Center). DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.27209.72809. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). Root Capital, KALEOS & CAUD. Schwartz, Timothy T, Harold Maass, and Keely Brooks. 2014. Cacao Impact Evaluation Baseline: In Dame Marie, Haiti. Root Capital, KALEOS & CAUD. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26790.29768. (Go to Report). USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & CRS (Catholic Relief Services). Schwartz, Timothy T, Harold Maass, and Keely Brooks. 2014. Haiti Cacao Impact Evaluation Baseline in the Departments of North and Grand Anse, Haiti. USAID & CRS (Catholic Relief Services). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24273.71523 (Go to Report). United Nations WFP (World Food Program). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2014. Test of Freq-Listing in Maissade, Haiti (based on freelisting). WFP (United Nations World Food Program). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2014. Orphanage Report Haiti. UNICEF. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). GOAL (Irish NGO). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Pre-crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) Training and Market Assessment Facilitation Beans and Corn Gressier, Haiti. GOAL. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). TechnoServe, InterAmerican Development Bank, Coca Cola, USAID (United States Agency for International Development). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. HAITI MANGO REPORT. TechnoServe, InterAmerican Development Bank, Coca Cola, USAID (United States Agency for International Development). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). TechnoServe. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. The Peanut Value Chain in Haiti. TechnoServe. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). United Nations WFP (World Food Program) and CNSA (Coordination Nationale de la Securite Alimentaire). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Vulnerability Targeting in Haiti Report. WFP (United Nations World Food Program) and CNSA (Coordination Nationale de la Securite Alimentaire). ResearchGate. (Go to Report).
United Nations WFP (World Food Program) and CNSA (Coordination Nationale de la Securite Alimentaire). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Beneficiary Targeting in Haiti : Detection Strategies. WFP (World Food Program) and CNSA (Coordination Nationale de la Securite Alimentaire) ResearchGate. (Go to Report). United Nations WFP (World Food Program) and CNSA (Coordination Nationale de la Securite Alimentaire). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Frequency Listing in Haiti Report (Anthropological Field Methods). WFP (World Food Program) and CNSA (Coordination Nationale de la Securite Alimentaire). ResearchGate. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20564.96644. (Go to Report MFK (Meds and Foods for Kids). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Logo Icon Comparison Report. USAID/MFK (Meds and Foods for Kids) ResearchGate. (Go to Report). APC (American Peanut Council) and Edesia. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. PART II: Assessing the Market Viability of High-Quality, Fortified Peanut-Based Foods in Haiti. APC (American Peanut Council) and EDESIA. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). APC (American Peanut Council) and Edesia. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. PART I: Assessing the Market Viability of High-Quality, Fortified Peanut-Based Foods in Haiti. Edesia and APC (American Peanut Council). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). Finn Church Aid (FCA). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Poultry and Egg production in Haiti. Finn Church Aid (FCA). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). Clinton Foundation & TechnoServe. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2014. Part II: Part 2: Market Research, Boutik (stores), Vendors, & Retail Merchandise, Plateau Central, Haiti. Clinton Foundation & TechnoServe. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23277.56806. (Go to Report). (Go to Report). United Nations OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Final Report for Comparative Assessment of Livelihood Approaches Across Humanitarian Organizations in Post-Earthquake Haiti Camp Resettlements. United Nations OCHA. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Report on Market Chains in Northwest Haiti. United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). Suisse Red Cross. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Endline Report for Suisse Red Cross Disaster and Risk Management Project in Leogane Haiti. Suisse Red Cross. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15675.39208. (Go to Report). Suisse Red Cross. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Baseline Report for Suisse Red Cross GRD II (2016-2020) Leogane. Suisse Red Cross. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11481.08805. (Got to Report). United Nations WFP (World Food Program). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2017. Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes Report 3 of 3. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). United Nations WFP (World Food Program). United Nations WFP (World Food Program). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2017. Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes Report 2 of 3. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). United Nations WFP (World Food Program). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2017. Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes Report 1 of 3. ResearchGate. (Go to Report). HEKS EPER (Suisse NGO). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. Report on Peasant Livelihood Strategies in Grand Anse, Haiti. HEKS EPER (Suisse NGO). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & Care International). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. Impact Assessment for the Livelihood of Fishfarmers in Haiti. USAID . ResearchGate. (Go to Report). HEKS EPER (Suisse NGO). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. PART II: HEKS EPER, Value Chains in Grand Anse, Haiti (2018). HEKS EPER (Suisse NGO). ResearchGate. (Go to Report). Private Donor Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. Report on Foyer D’Amour. Evaluation (of school for handicapped children). 1/19/2020. Report. (Unpublished). ILO (International Labor Organization). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. VALUE CHAIN STUDY IN HAITI: Cacao, Castor Bean Oil, Cashews, Bread Fruit. ILO (International Labor Organization). (Go to Report). United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. Risk Analysis for Kenya’s IFAD-funded KeLCoP (Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project). Design Mission for IFAD (United Nations International Funds for Agricultural Development). February. 2020. (Go to Report). Kellogg Foundation & HELP (Haiti Education and Leadership Program). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2021. Haiti Scholastic Survey, Program Impact Assessment, and Longitudinal Cohort Study. HELP (Haiti Education and Leadership Program). 1/23/2021. Report. (Go to Report). USAID (United States Aid to International Development) & FONKOZE. Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. Qualitative Evaluation for USAID-funded AKSYON (Community Health Action for Improving Nutrition Program) in Haiti. USAID & FONKOZE. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13945.24161. (Go to Report)
USAID (United States Aid to International Development) and DPI ( Development Professionals, Inc.) Schwartz, Timothy T. 2022. Vulnerable Populations in Haiti: Consultations Final Report. USAID (United States Aid to International Development) and DPI ( Development Professionals, Inc.) – Making Cents International, Latin America and the Caribbean Learning and Rapid Response (LACLEARN). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17353.11366 (Go to Report). United Nations DPPA (Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2022. United Nations Security Opinion Survey in Haiti. United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17720.11520. (Go to Report). UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). Schwartz, Timothy T. 2022.Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP Haiti Sustainable Energy Project II (HSE II) Project ID: PIMS 01968 (2016-2021) Evaluation Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26108.72325 (Go to Report). USAID (United States Aid to International Development) and DPI ( Development Professionals, Inc.) & FOPROBIM (Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversite Marine). Schwartz, Timothy T. Stephane Grandvaux, and Serge Boisette. 2023. 3Bays National Park 3BNP Marine Value Chain Study. USAID & FOPROBIM. Research Gate (Go to Report). |
BLOGS & WHITE PAPERS
Gender, Children, Demography, and Reproduction
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Dominican Republic: Where Did all the Girls Go? Rural Dominican Sex Ratios. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Children of Haiti: The Haitian Restavek and Child Slavery. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Gender in Haiti: Short Note on Misrepresentation of Gender in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Gender in Haiti: More on Gender in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2003. “Children are the Wealth of the Poor.” Pronatalism and the Economic Utility of Children in Jean Rabel, Haiti. DOI: 10.1016/S0190-1281(03)22003-5. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Rural Haiti’s Sexual Moral Economy. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Explaining Caribbean Family Patterns. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Explaining Gender in Haiti: Review of the Literature. White Paper. Schwartz Research Group. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. The Neglected Half of Chayanov’s Rule: High Birth Rates and Child Labor in the Traditional, Non-Industrialized Caribbean. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. “Pronatal Sociocultural Fertility Complex” and the “Sexual-Moral Economy” in Rural Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Book Chapter)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Polygyny in Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Fewer Men, More Babies: The Problem with the ‘Proximate and Intermediate Determinants of Fertility’ in the Caribbean. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Violent Women in Haiti: Ethnographic and Survey Data (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Gender and the Fish Market Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: A Word on the Violence of Haitian Compared to US Men. (Go to Paper).
Poverty and Social Justice
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Understanding Social Capital in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Household Shocks in Haiti (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Eight Questions About a Welfare System in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Geographic Homogeneity of Poverty in Haiti. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2023. Nine Characteristics that Condition the Current Haiti Crisis. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. HISTORY OF HAITIAN GOURDE (HTG) TO THE US DOLLAR (USD), 1912 TO 2020 – Schwartz Research Group. White Paper. Schwartz Research Group. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. Demographic Analysis of the Probability Coronavirus (COVID-19) has already been in Haiti and the Dominican Republic for more than one Month (Posted on March 18, 2020). (Go to Paper).
Food, Food Security, & Nutrition
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. SNACK FOOD IN HAITI. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Street Food In Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. History of Hunger in Haiti and Socialization for Scarcity. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2016. Ethnography of the Haitian Meal. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Snacks, Meals, Prices, and Nutritional Content for Proposed Locally Procured School Feeding Program in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Haiti Crops, Nutrition, and Prospects for Food Sovereignty. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Port-au-Prince Haiti Merchant Monopoly on Bad Snack Foods. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Anthropological Brief: Understanding Infant Nutritional Challenges in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Institutional Reactions to Food Scarcity and Nutritional Crisis in Haiti. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Adapting to Hunger in Haiti: Socialization for Scarcity. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Prepackaged Industrial Snack Food Industry in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. FOOD AID PART I: Food Security, USAID, WFP and Destruction of Haitian Ag Economy. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. FOOD AID Part II: Food Security and USAID, WFP and Destruction of Haitian Ag Economy. (Go to Paper).
Methods & Models
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2013. Scaling Up and Rape in Haiti (Statistical Methods). ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. A Model for Humanitarian Aid Beneficiary Targeting. Schwartz Research Group. White Paper. Schwartz Research Group. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2017. Failure of WFP’s HDVI in Haiti: Beneficiary Criteria, Indicators, and PMT (Proxy Means Test) in Haiti (Human Deprivation and Vulnerability Index). ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Test of Impact of School Feeding on the Scholastic Performance of Children in Rural Haiti (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Magic of Cultural Consensus Analysis. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Cultural Materialist Cake of Culture. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Problems with Household as a Unit of Analysis in Haiti . (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. A Model for Humanitarian Aid Beneficiary Targeting. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Cake of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Poverty. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. History of Beneficiary Selection and Targeting in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. The Joining of Science, Art and Aid: Visual Ethnography and MEVMS (Multidimensional Ethnographic Value-Chain Mapping Strategy). (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Resiklaj Digital (Digital Recycling) and a MOP (Mode of Production) Map for Rural Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Methods: EMMA Maps for Post Earthquake Agricultural Labor in Jacmel (Red Cross 2010). ((Go to Paper)) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Methods: A Brief Critique of a Very Useful Technique: the EMMA. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Logo Icon Comparison Marketing Technique in Haiti. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Low Cost & Effective Alternative to the HDVI: Frequency Listing (WFP 2017). (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Freelisting based Notab Leadership and Key Informant Network Strategy (NOLKINS): How and Why it could Revolutionize Humanitarian Aid. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. Estimating Rape in Post Earthquake Haiti: Scaling up Technique. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Earthquake in Haiti: Questionable Death Toll (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Earthquake in Haiti: Explanation for Why USAID Estimated the Death Toll. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Earthquake in Haiti: Flawed Understandings and Clarifying the Death Toll Estimate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Earthquake in Haiti: Reply to Schuller (long version) Death Toll and Camp Population Estimates. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Earthquake in Haiti: Reply to Schuller (short version) Death Toll and Camp Population Estimates. (Go to Paper).
Government, NGO Accountability, & Education
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Corrupting Scholarship: How Activist Humanitarian Aid Agendas Corrupted Social Sciences in the Caribbean. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Broken Promise: Anthropology and The Humanitarian Aid Sector. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Anthropology of NGOs Part II: History of Accountability in Haiti NGO Sector. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Anthropology of NGOs Part I: History of NGOs and Accountability. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Anthropology of NGOs Part III: Anthropology of NGOs Part III: Proposal for NGO Accountability in Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. History of NGOs and Disaster in Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Big Lies about Little People: The War Between UNICEF and the Orphanages, Battleground Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Visual Fake News and the Absurdity of the Haiti Post-Earthquake Rape Epidemic. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019 Understanding the Impact of Emigration in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Story of the Haiti Earthquake Camps. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. TTFF Fake Breadfruit Flour Factories in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. History Brief: Site Soley (Cite Soleil) (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. History of CARE International and USAID Development Efforts in Far West Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. History of Haiti’s Fabricated Rape Epidemics. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Harsh World of Being an Aid Worker. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. “THEY SAID THAT I COULD HAVE A TENT!!!” (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. History of NGOs and Disaster in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Haiti Earthquake Media Exaggerations: Violence, Murder & Mayhem. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. OCHA Clusters in Haiti: Bureaucratic Path to Extinction. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2020. EDUCATION IN HAITI ResearchGate. (Go to Paper)
Economy, Markets, Value Chains, & Land Tenure
Traders
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2023. Just What is a Madan Sara. White Paper. Schwartz Research Group. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Defining the Haitian Madam Sara (Go to Paper).
The Market
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2017. Overview of Haiti Informal Economy Volume Measures. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Haitian Market System. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Haitian Boutik (‘neighborhood convenience store’) (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Origins of the Haitian Internal Rotating Market System. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Eighteen Characteristics of Life in Rural Haiti that Every Aid Worker Should Know. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Madam Sara vs. Komèsan: Subsidizing Self Destruction. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2015. Microlending in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Work
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Anthropological Brief: Occupational Multiplicity in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropological Brief: Myth of the Indiscriminate Haitian Charcoal Maker. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. CALL FOR INFORMAL SECTOR CODE OF WORK (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. Fair Wages in Haiti (Short Version). (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Fair Wage in Haiti (Academic Version). (Go to Paper) .
Land Tenure
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2017. History of Haitian Land Tenure and the Myth of the Land Insecurity in Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropological Brief: Myth of Land Fragmentation in Haiti. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Importance of Housebuilding and Local Cost of Building a House in Rural Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Cropping Strategies in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Value Chains
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Artisanal Fish Ethnographic Value Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Formal Sector Egg Value Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Chicken & Egg (Poultry) Ethnographic Value Chain in Haiti (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Value Chain Mapping Strategy Summary Guide. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Goat Ethnographic Value Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Fruit, Lumber & Charcoal Ethnographic Value Chains in Haiti (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Peanut Ethnographic Value Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper)
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Wheat Market Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Industrial Fish Value Chain in Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2012. Fishing in Haiti and the Fish Value Chain. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2013. Fish Market Chain in Haiti. ResearchGate. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Cacao Value Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Edible Cooking Oil Market Chain in Haiti. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Anthropology Brief: Plantain and Banana Value Chains. (Go to Paper
Mangoes
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Belying Basket of Mango: TRAVESTY OF EXPORT VS. LOCAL MANGO PRICES Part II. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Cheaper by the Dozen Mango Travesty I. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Lying Sack of Mango: Travesty of Export Prices. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Irony of the Exports: Superiority of the Local Market for Haitian Mangoes (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. HAITI MANGO FACTS. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Cheaper by the Dozen Mango Travesty II. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti, Not Open for Business: Another Dried Mango Export Travesty. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Travesty of Haiti Hope and Haiti’s ANEM Mango Cartel: Part I. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. The Travesty of Haiti Hope and Haiti’s ANEM Mango Cartel: Part II. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Travesty of the Haiti vs. Dominican Mango Industry. (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. Coca Cola Mango Travesty. (Go to Paper) .
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2018. USAID Funded Chemonics Mango Travesty: WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? (Go to Paper).
Schwartz, Timothy T. 2019. Haiti Hope Gender Travesty. (Go to Paper) .
Funded Research and Scholarships during University Studies
15 months of onsite Doctorate research in farming and fishing villages (Haiti): Department du Nord Ouest, Haiti. Funded by the National Science Foundation, USA
3 months of onsite participant observation for doctoral dissertation in coastal fishing village, Department du Nord Ouest, Haiti. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida.
6 weeks Demographic Pilot Study, Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti, Summer research. Followed up previous research on subject of out-migration and fertility in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti. Summer Master’s research.
5 weeks investigation of out-migration and fertility levels in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti. Fall Master’s research.
1 week volunteered as a translator at the Haitian Refugees Center in Miami.
7 weeks investigation of missionary activity in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti. Summer research funded by the Curtis Wilgus Foundation
