This post is joint with Julie Walz.Last week, USAID finally published an evaluation report on its activities in Haiti:“Independent Review of the U.S. Government Response to the Haiti Earthquake”.  The report is dated March 28, 2011. Yes, 2011. It took over a year to post the document on the USAID website.  The review was conducted by MacFadden…See More

A new investment fund hopes to create jobs, economic growth in Haiti  The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announces its first private equity investment in Haiti, an investment fund seeking to create jobs and economic growth.BY JACQUELINE CHARLESJCHARLES@MIAMIHERALD.COMThe World Bank’s private sector arm is investing up to $10 million in Haiti in hopes of spurring jobs and economic growth in the quake-recovering nation.The investment by the…See More

  Rebuild Haiti Better  At the 2012 Benefit, Insuring Haiti’s Future, Fonkoze will honorSwiss ReWalter A. Bell, Chairman, Swiss Re AmericaAs Global Partner of the YearandActress Yeardley SmithAs Solidarity Partner of the Year  Entertainment by …See More

 Haiti is a North American country, part of the Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea, with a population of approximately 830,000 people at time of publication. The twin native languages are French and Haitian Creole. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic; it occupies the western extent and looks over…See More

Haiti - Economy : 3rd edition of Haiti Business, Investment Expo & Conference15/03/2012 13:50:43The Haiti Renewal Alliance (HRA) is pleased to announce their 3rd annual Haiti Business, Investment Expo & Conference scheduled to be held at the Cafritz Center at George Washington University on June 28 & 29, 2012.All organizations doing or desiring to do business in Haiti and job seekers are invited to attend this two-day informative business event on investment and employment…See More

By Ilio DurandisCJ ContributorEarly on in life, I was taught one thing about fish: don’t mess with the tail. In Haiti, the saying of “queue poisson” is often used for a situation that has no good outcome. By any logic, it is almost implausible to see Haiti come out of this current political mayhem a winner. Not that I want to be a pessimist, but the current seeds of political leaders have the makings of a disastrous forest.The country cannot be crisis-free for any extended period of time. When…See More

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USAID in Haiti: Priority partners and country systemsBy Rolf Rosenkranz on 11 January 2012Locals work to remove rubble from a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince. With the help of USAID, these locals also help repair homes and rebuild shelters in quake-hit Haiti. Photo by: Kendra Helmer / USAIDTwo years after a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, the U.S. Agency for…See More