Institute for Research in Socioeconomic & Public Policy

HAITI CALLING, CALLING HAITI

Understanding information needs and communications patterns among Haitians overseas following the quake of 12 January 2010, By Caitlin Bell, for the Communications With Disaster Affected Communities Group

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Haiti: Crisis of Political Structure and Leadership

Many Haiti intellectuals, experts, and scholars enjoy making the claim that Haiti is a failed state. This is an observation that is both true and false... more (PDF, 1.4mb).

A report to the members of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate One Hundred Eleventh Congress Second Session june 10, 2010.

Wyclef Jean & the Political Class

If anyone doubted it before, it has finally been evidenced by the recent Haiti events that Wyclef Jean might indeed become the next president of Haiti. The intent here is not to diminish the value of a man who decided for reasons of his own to remain a Haitian citizen, despite living in the United States for more than 30 years. Wyclef is commendable, if for nothing else, for his personal mission to help bring peace and security into the minds and hearts of so many Haitians who live in abject misery. In some ways, Wyclef has always been part musician, part politician.... more…