NTDTV
| Nov 1, 2012
Hurricane Sandy killed at least 54 people when it hit Haiti but food shortages may kill many more. The storm has devastated crops in the south of the country, the only part of Haiti where agriculture wasn't already suffering from drought or the ef...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 30, 2012
Before it struck the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane, Isaac blew through southern Haiti, leaving at least two dozen dead and concerns the rains it brought could lead to an uptick in cholera cases.
Medicins Sans Frontieres says it will be difficult t...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 24, 2012
Tropical storm Isaac is hurtling toward Haiti, a country still devastated by a massive earthquake two and a half years ago. The deforested mountains around the capital, Port-au-Prince, make it vulnerable to flash flooding. Thousands of quake sur...
— Apr 18 at 03:08 pm
...told ClimateWire. Energy economy based on charcoal and wood One year into his post and with a bare-bones staff of just 10 trained aides, Jean-Ju...
— Sep 26, 2012 at 05:00 am
...hemisphere that requires peacebuilding as a comprehensive task, it is Haiti,” he said. “Its recovery requires our continuous support in order to...
— Sep 24, 2012 at 04:59 pm
...in history to lift people out of poverty.” For instance, in Haiti, where only 10 percent of the population has bank accounts, 80 percent of peop...
With a Gross Domestic Product estimate of US$6.56 billion in 2009, Haiti is routinely regarded as one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Based on estimates by the World Bank in 2005, the percentage of people living below the US$1 per day poverty line in Haiti is 54%, and the percentage of people living below US$2 per day is at 78%.
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