Read more about the article Étude de la Chaîne de Valeur Cacao, noix de cajou, huile de ricin et fruit à pain dans les Départements de la Grand Anse et du Sud (FRENCH)

Étude de la Chaîne de Valeur Cacao, noix de cajou, huile de ricin et fruit à pain dans les Départements de la Grand Anse et du Sud (FRENCH)

Le présent document porte sur une étude de quatre chaînes de valeur en Haïti : le cacao, la noix de cajou, le fruit à pain et l'huile de ricin. L'étude s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet FOPRODER (2015-2020) de l'OIT (Organisation internationale du Travail), qui vise à fournir une formation professionnelle et promouvoir la résilience des chaînes de valeur au travers d'une collaboration avec les coopératives et les associations d'Haïti.

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Read more about the article Value Chain Study. Cacao, Cashews, Castor Oil, & Breadfruit in The Departments of the Grand Anse and South

Value Chain Study. Cacao, Cashews, Castor Oil, & Breadfruit in The Departments of the Grand Anse and South

This document presents research on four value chains in Haiti: cacao, cashews, breadfruit and castor bean oil (ricin). The research was conducted in the context of the ILO project FOPRODER (2015-2020), that works through cooperatives and associations in Haiti to provide professional training and promote resiliency of value chains.

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Read more about the article Market Analysis Summary & IHI Survey Estimate of Average Haitian Citizen’s Capacity to Pay for Cancer Treatment

Market Analysis Summary & IHI Survey Estimate of Average Haitian Citizen’s Capacity to Pay for Cancer Treatment

Haiti has a population of 10 million, translating to 2 million households (IHSI 2018). Based on estimate by DeGennaro et. al. (2016), at any given time the number of women in Haiti in need of treatment for breast cancer is 2,250. The expected number of new cases each year is 600. Yet, the number of women being treated in 2017 was only 1,175, less than half those suffering from the disease.

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Read more about the article Impact Assessment for the Livelihood of Fish farmers

Impact Assessment for the Livelihood of Fish farmers

This document describes an evidence-based evaluation of the immediate and long-term impact of LEVE/USAID grants to the fishfarming entities Caribbean Harvest Foundation and Caribbean Harvest Social Enterprise, both hereon referred to jointly as CH. Specifically, the study was interested in evaluating the impact on the resiliency of participating households.

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Read more about the article Impact Assessment of Caribbean Harvest S.A. Fish Farmers as a Result of Support Provided by Leve. Draft for Comment

Impact Assessment of Caribbean Harvest S.A. Fish Farmers as a Result of Support Provided by Leve. Draft for Comment

Given that some time had passed since the initial grant to Caribbean Harvest S.A. was made to increase production capacity, LEVE and Caribbean Harvest S.A. agreed to undertake an impact assessment that would go beyond simply capturing results, but more to measuring resiliency (as defined by the United States Agency for International Development) of the fish farmers. The initial grant was to increase both energy supply and the number of cages, which would lead to an overall increase in fish production by fish farmers.

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Read more about the article Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes. Report 3 of 3

Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes. Report 3 of 3

This document is the third of three reports pertaining to a longitudinal evaluation of a local procurement school feeding pilot project in the Department of Nippes for the years 2015-2017. Until the end of 2017, the project was supported financially by the Government of Brazil (GoB). It is implemented with oversight and logistic expertise from WFP and the Haitian organization BND (Bureau de Nutrition et Developpement), the latter of which oversees quality and delivery of the food to the schools.

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Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes. Report 2 of 3

This document is the second of three reports pertaining to a longitudinal evaluation of a local procurement school feeding pilot project in the Department of Nippes for the years 2015-2017. The project is supported financially by the Government of Brazil (GoB) and implemented with WFP expertise. The project is supported logistically by the Haitian organization BND (Bureau de Nutrition et Developpement) which oversees quality and delivery of the food to the schools, and the Haitian non-governmental entity, ROPANIP (Reseau des Organisations des Producteurs/Productrices Agricoles de Nippes). The research is intended to examine the Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project with respect to the following issues,

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Evaluation of Local Purchasing and School Canteen Pilot Project in Petite Riviere de Nippes. Report 1 of 3

This document is the first of three reports pertaining to a longitudinal evaluation of a local procurement school feeding pilot project in the Department of Nippes for the years 2015-2017. The project is born of the following Government of Haiti (GoH) priorities:

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Read more about the article Frequency Listing Report

Frequency Listing Report

Frequency Listing (Freq Listing) is a statistically robust methodology for identifying local leader- experts (notab) and ultimately humanitarian aid beneficiaries. It comes to us from anthropology and mathematical models for studying informal sector and non-literate cultures and rests on the premise of “Culture as Consensus.” More precisely, the premise is that,

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Read more about the article The Great Haiti Humanitarian Aid Swindle

The Great Haiti Humanitarian Aid Swindle

Thirsting for sensational stories about hunger, suffering, and violence, the world’s most prestigious news agencies—the Associated Press (AP), Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters, CNN, CBS, The Guardian—have for decades uncritically repeated anything NGOs, UN agencies, or pseudo-researchers claim about Haiti. No vetting of data. No critical review.

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Read more about the article Sex Family and Fertility in Haiti

Sex Family and Fertility in Haiti

Sex, Family and Fertility (Also published by Lexington Books as Fewer Men, More Babies) re-evaluates the debate over family patterns in the Caribbean with respect to the critical importance that child labor plays in peasant household livelihood strategies. Earlier anthropologists widely accepted and provided empirical evidence that the contributions made by children to the peasant household labor pool was a significant determinant of social patterns and high birth rates.

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Read more about the article Final Report for Comparative Assessment of Livelihood Approaches Across Humanitarian Organizations in Post-Earthquake Haiti Camp Resettlements

Final Report for Comparative Assessment of Livelihood Approaches Across Humanitarian Organizations in Post-Earthquake Haiti Camp Resettlements

This report focuses on an evaluation of Income Generating Activities (IGA) that accompanied rental subsidy programs in Haiti between 2013 and 2016. The original objectives were to evaluate the impact of supplemental support on the economic situation of households, evaluate different livelihoods approaches from a quality/cost/effectiveness point of view in order to improve program performance based on lessons learned and accountability and feed into the current reflection process of parties concerned with sustainable livelihood approaches.

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