FOOD AID PART I: Food Security, USAID, WFP and Destruction of Haitian Ag Economy

Orinally published on Open Salon, August 2012, Port-au-Prince I’ve recently been eliminated as a candidate for consultant work in the US Food for Peace Office in Haiti . The reason has nothing to do with the death count report on which I was lead researcher and that has garnered a lot of media attention. ThatRead More

Gender in Haiti Report (CARE International 2012)

The quantitative Gender Survey described in this document was conducted under the auspices of Socio-Dig, a Haiti-based research firm. The survey was part of larger evaluation and exploration of gender in Leogane and Carrefour, two communes (counties) near to Port-au-Prince that were among those most heavily impacted by the January 12th 2010 earthquake. Following theRead More

North West Haiti Report (CARE 2012)

This study and the recommendations focus on Haiti’s Department of the North West and Northern portion of the Department of the Artibonite with the objectives of, a) helping CARE International prepare for a new relief and development initiative in the region and, b) conducting an assessment of the current food security situation. The fieldwork was conductedRead More

Fair Wage in Haiti Surveys and Report (ITC 2013)

This report was commissioned by International Trade Centre‘s (ITC) Ethical Fashion Initiative, a program designed to assist artisans. It examines the concept of a “fair wage” in the context of the cost of living and the prevailing wage scale within in Haiti. It concludes with a recommended wage scale for the artisan sector.

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