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Emergency Relief in Haiti. G. E. O. R. G. E. W. A. R. R. E. N. B. R. O. W. N. S. C. H. O. O. L. O. F. S. O. C. I. A. L. W. O. R. K. Development Practice in International Settings. Contents. 2. Context. Colleen. 1. Introduction. 4. Evaluation. Colleen. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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KEG O R G E WA R R E N B R O WN
SC H O O L O F SO C I A L W O R
Emergency Relief in Haiti
Development Practice in International Settings
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Context
3 Reports
4Evaluation
5Alternative
Linda
Linda
Colleen
Colleen
Tae-yoon & Colleen
1 IntroductionColleen
1 IntroductionColleen
Natural disastersComplex emergencies
1 IntroductionColleen
Natural disasters
1 IntroductionColleen
Natural disastersGlobal warmingDeforestationSoil erosionUnsustainable development
1 IntroductionColleen
Complex emergencies
1989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007( Uppsala Universitet)
1 IntroductionColleen
Complex emergenciesPovertyPopulation pressureConflictsDevelopment traps
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Conventional form: Republic of Haiti
Official Languages: Creole, French
Government type: Republic
Religions:
Population:
Ethnic Groups:
Age Structure:
Black 95%
Roman Catholic 80% Protestant
0-14 38.1% 15-64 58.5%
16%
Other 3%None 1%
Mulatto & White 5%9.5 million
Haiti
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PovertyPoorest country in the Americas80% live below the poverty line. 54% live in abject poverty.
Economy
Abject poverty
Poverty line
80%
54%
Household income distributionlowest 10% is 0.7%highest 10% is 47.7%
47.7%
0.7%
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Labor force
agriculture: 66%(coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum)
industry: 9%(sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly based on imported parts)
services: 25%
Economy
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lleenTransportation
Airports• total: 14 (4 paved runways)
Roadways• total: 4,160 km (paved: 1,011 km, unpaved: 3,149 km)
• Colleen, do you have any maps about this?
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Taken over by Spanish settlement
Ceded to the French
Haitian Revolution
Gained independence
U.S. Marine occupation
CoupJoined the Caribbean Community (Caricom)
National presidential election
1492 1697 1791 1804 1915-1934 1991 2002 2006
Political climate
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InternationalRelation
FranceCultural tiesLimited contracts between Haiti and other dependencies
Dominican RepublicHistory of mutual suspicion“Push and Pull” factors of migrationFree trade zone established in 2003
United StatesPowerful economic and political influencePrimary trading partner for imports and exportsMultiple attempts to curtail migration of economic refugees
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Earthquake 8.1 with tsunami
Hazel
Flora
Emily
Gordon
GeorgeFay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Earthquake 7.0
1946 1954 1963 1980 1994 1998 2004 2008
Jeanne
2010
History of Disaster
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