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2. Haiti, Cherie: Celebrating the Haiti Few Acknowledge
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Poisson,Lola (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Feb 28-Mar 6, 2013
- Published:
- Washington, DC
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Washington Informer
- Journal Title Details:
- 20 : 22-22,27
- Notes:
- Acc-, After the earthquake, I knew that not much would change in Haiti precisely because of the people's resilience. It was almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. I knew that people would soon be going about their business as if nothing had happened. That's what scared me most for the future of Haiti. Soon after they could circulate through the rubbles in Haiti, Haitians were walking down the streets to their neighbors, some street merchants, were trying to sell the little bit they had from their businesses, children were still trying to wipe-clean cars for a few half pennies, "tap-taps" were fishing for people, etc. And that was life as they know it. That's life as those who can afford better think the people deserve and that's why not much is being done to make things closer to equality in Haiti.
3. No U.S. Diversity Visas for Jamaicans, Haitians
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2013
- Published:
- Miami, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Caribbean Today
- Journal Title Details:
- 11 : 2
- Notes:
- The visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years, as in the case of Jamaica and Haiti.
4. The Domestic Politics of Humanitarian Intervention: Public Opinion, Partisanship, and Ideology
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Hildebrandt,Timothy (Author), Hillebrecht,Courtney (Author), Holm,Peter M. (Author), and Pevehouse,Jon (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Jul 2013
- Published:
- Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(3) : 243-266
- Notes:
- Examines the sources of domestic political will for intervention, particularly the role of partisanship, ideology, and public opinion on Congressional members' willingness to support US intervention for humanitarian purposes. Analyzes several Congressional votes relevant to four episodes of US humanitarian intervention: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Finds that public support for humanitarian intervention increases Congressional support and that other political demands, primarily partisanship and ideological distance from the president, often trump the normative exigencies of intervention.
5. US Spending in Haiti: The Need for Greater Transparency and Accountability
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Ramachandran,Vijaya (Author) and Walz,Julie (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Feb 2013
- Published:
- Center for Global Development
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 4 p., An estimated $9 billion of public and private funding has been spent on disaster recovery in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Of that, $2.25 billion in public funding has been disbursed by the United States alone. But despite the large amount of public money involved, it is nearly impossible to track how it has been spent and what has been achieved. The transparency and accountability of US spending in Haiti needs to be improved. The authors suggest three steps to do so: Require prime contractors to report subcontracting data, Adopt the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and Require systematic, and publically available evaluations by NGOs and contractors.