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Population	87.89 mln
Population growth	2%
Life expectancy	72 years
Net migration	-900,000

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GDP	$144.06 bln
- per capita	$1,639
- growth rate	7%
FDI, net inflows	$2.93 bln

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Cellphone users	59%
Internet users	6%
High-tech exports	54%

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Families at risk of forced eviction in Haiti

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Hundreds of families living in a camp for internally displaced people in Carrefour, in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, are being harassed and intimidated and are at imminent risk of forced eviction.Residents at Grace Village camp, in the Carrefour area of Metropolitan Port-au-Prince are at imminent risk of forced eviction. At least 30 families have already been forcibly evicted, after their shelters and belongings were destroyed during the night of 28 April. They were forced to leave their more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 17, 2012

Incorporating Sexual and Reproductive Health into Emergency Preparedness and Planning

reliefweb.int –

This report reviews recent Women’s Refugee Commission sexual and reproductive health activities (SRH) in Haiti, Uganda and South Sudan. It considers the impact of advocacy, training and planning activities related to emergency preparedness and planning specific to SRH. The report then offers lessons learned and recommendations for improving steps towards SRH emergency preparedness at the national level. As efforts to incorporate SRH activities into disaster risk reduction (DRR) are in their more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 17, 2012

Strengthening the rule of law in crisis-affected and fragile situations

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The rule of law is based on justice and security – two of the most essential prerequisites for sustainable peace and development. From Afghanistan to Nepal to Somalia, UNDP rule of law programmes are delivering tangible results on legal aid, tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), enhancing justice and security service provision, strengthening security sector governance, and supporting transitional justice processes. This programme document represents the basis for initiating “phase more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Haiti: Where Has All the Money Gone?

cgdev.org –

Since the 2010 earthquake, almost $6 billion has been disbursed in official aid to Haiti, a country with a population of just under 10 million. An estimated $3 billion has been donated to NGOs in private contributions in addition to official aid. The United States Government alone has disbursed almost $2 billion of this total amount and has pledged over $3 billion for relief and reconstruction.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 15, 2012

Closing the Loop :Responding to People’s Information Needs from Crisis Response to Recovery to Development

internews.org –

Information provision typically has been a peripheral concern in humanitarian assistance, if it has been included at all. And yet information is as important as food, shelter, water and medical care in the response to crisis, whether a natural disaster or an armed conflict. The availability of timely and accurate information empowers people who are often otherwise powerless to re-assert control over their own lives to regain their security, their safety and even their dignity.This paper, a more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 15, 2012

Free obstetric care in Haiti

who.int –

Over two thirds of people in Haiti live on less than US$ 2 per day. Many women are unable to afford maternity care - with fatal consequences for both mothers and children. However, a free obstetric care project, supported by WHO, offers poor women free childbirth and care before and after birth. This feature story provides personal accounts of how the project is making a difference in people’s lives.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 08, 2012

How New Technologies Impact Aid Coordination

linksbridge.com –

The focus of this paper is on how these technologies can be used in the service of providing humanitarian aid to save lives and improve the distribution of food, shelter materials and other needed resources during and after a disaster. in terms of coordination we are considering three components:- The first is gaining a thorough and accurate situational awareness of the state of affairs in the areas affected by the disaster.- The second is mobilizing the right financial, physical and human more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 05, 2012

Urgent Delivery—Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis

doctorswithoutborders.org –

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) makes it a priority to provide lifesaving, emergency obstetric care in both acute and chronic humanitarian crises. This special report details MSF’s approach to delivering quality emergency obstetric care in five different types of crises: Conflict; Population displacement; Fragile health systems; Natural disaster; and Maternal mortality emergency.

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Sonia Hossain on May 09, 2012

Taking Haitian agriculture to the clouds: Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture

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The January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti directly affected the infrastructure and personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Ministere de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpement Rural, or MARNDR). It weakened the ministry's capacity to lead the economic recovery and food security improvements of the country, and set back research, innovation, and extension systems in the agricultural sector. In addition, most of the existing more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 22, 2012

The “$300 house project” scoops video award

ft.com –

"A project to develop a house that costs just $300 has one first prize for the Tuck school of business in the Global Business School Network annual video competition. The video describes how MBA students from Dartmouth College applied business school skills to address the need for low-cost housing in Haiti."Runner-up in the competition was a video from students at UNC Kenan-Flagler about their consultancy projects in eastern Africa that focused on sustainability.Third place went to a student more...

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John Daly on May 02, 2012

Haiti – The Slow Road to Reconstruction

oxfam.org –

After two years Haitians continue to grapple with the effects of the devastating earthquake that killed more than two hundred thousand people and rendered more than one million of them homeless. The future of Haiti hangs in the balance, with the road to reconstruction proving to be a slow and arduous one. While billions of dollars of aid have been pledged, only half of the funds have been disbursed.This briefing note reports on the status of the reconstruction effort and the continued more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 19, 2012

JICA's World Jan 2012

jica.go.jp –

This edition of 'Jica's World Jan 2012: A very Turbulent Year' portrays the impact of natural disasters that occurred during 2011 across the world. While natural disasters captured many headlines, JICA continued its work in a myriad of other development projects across the globe.

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Sonia Hossain on March 19, 2012

Building hope in Haiti: A look inside Haitian's lives two years after the earthquake

savethechildren.org –

After two years, more than 500,000 people still live in tents, millions still need jobs, and cholera is still a major problem, one which Haiti will face for years to come. Anyone who thinks there is a quick fix to the obstacles in Haiti is mistaken. Those who think progress is not fast enough in Haiti should simply remember the challenges Americans have faced in the more than five years since Hurricane Katrina hit.The resiliency and energy of Haitians is inspiring. The new government has more...

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D C on January 09, 2012

Haiti Two Years After the Earthquake

un.org.au –

On 12 January 2010, an earthquake struck Haiti and killed over 200,000 people, injured more than 300,000 and displaced 2.3 million – nearly one quarter of the country’s population. At the height of the crisis, the UN system – 18 agencies, funds and programmes and the peacekeeping operation, MINUSTAH – led international efforts to help shelter, feed, provide clean drinking water, sanitation and medical assistance to more than 1.5 million displaced Haitians. Two years later, the UN continues to more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 13, 2012

Child Protection in UN's Peacekeeping

un.org –

This volume is the first in a series illustrating the challenges and successes of protecting children in some of the most dangerous places on earth. In the following pages you will learn about the work of peacekeepers and child protection advisers who rely on their diverse individual experience at home and in the field to introduce the relatively new concept of child protection to missions in distinct conflict and post-conflict situations. This document explores the development of child more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 27, 2012

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