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Haiti: natural disaster or crisis in the making?

Haiti is not just facing a huge humanitarian challenge. Rebuilding and development efforts will have to address a myriad of competing and interrelated issues to help the people of Haiti attain a more secure existence. This article presents three different development perspectives that are important in understanding the challenges that the country faces.

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Tool for analysing vulnerability: ( CARE International , 2009); Effective adaptation is based on a solid understanding of vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change affect people differently based on their capacity to respond. What this means i...
Mechanising cash tranfser payments in Africa: ( Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme , 2010); Delivery of cash transfers typically involves a compromise between the cost of reaching recipients literally at the door of their homes, and the savings from providing them at a central point ...
Haiti: still in debt: ( M. Kotan (ed) / European Network on Debt and Development , 2010); Although the G7 nations have written off Haiti's debt, the country is facing increased levels of debt as creditors offer new loans to help the country tackle its dramatic social and ...
Governance assessments and domestic accountability: how can donors aid the process?: ( S. Meyer / Fride , 2009); This paper follows on from recently completed research that investigated the impact of donor harmonisation on domestic processes of democratisation. The aim of this research is to further info...
Aid interventions and demand-driven governance in Nepal: ( D. Jordhus-Lier;M. Haug;H. Regmi / Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research , 2009); This working paper reviews demand-driven governance as a set of principles which have characterised aid and development interventions in certain post-conflict contexts, using Nepal as a case stud...
Postwar reconstruction: enhancing people-led processes: ( F. Galtung;M. Tisne / Tiri , 2009); In nations emerging from war, the immediate postwar period rarely lives up to the hopes and expectations of the country’s citizens or the international community. An upsurge in corruption and...
What effect does decentralisation have on aid effectiveness?: ( C. Lessmann (ed);G. Markwardt (ed) / Editorial Express , 2009); Many developing countries rely heavily on foreign aid and over time, interest has been growing about its efficiency. In the past three decades researchers have been investigating the aid-growth nexus ...
How can African governments regain control of the aid process?: ( L. Whitfield (ed) / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2009); In the last three decades, changes in the global economy have led to debt and balance of payments crises in many African countries. They desperately needed foreign exchange which they could only get f...
A guide for humanitarian programme managers is to help to create, manage and develop teams: ( People in Aid , 2006); The impact and effectiveness of relief and development operations depend on the quality of staff and volunteers and the support an agency gives them. This guide for humanitarian programme...
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) as an aid criterion: ( J. Müller-Goldenstedt / International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity , 2009); This paper analyses the use of the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) rankings by bilateral and multilateral donors in their aid allocation and other related decisio...