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2. Haiti Earthquake: Crisis and Response
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Margesson,Rhoda (Author) and Taft-Morales,Maureen (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2010-02-02
- Published:
- Congressional Research Reports for the People
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 56 p., The largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on January 12, 2010; and an estimated 3 million people, approximately one third of the overall population, have been affected by the earth quake, leaving an estimated 112,000 deaths and 194,000 injured. President Barack Obama assembled heads of US agencies to establish a coordinated response to the disaster; and Congressional concerns include budget priorities and oversight, burden-sharing, immigration, tax incentives for charitable donations, trade preferences for Haiti, and helping constituents find missing persons, speed pending adoptions, and contribute to relief efforts.
3. Haiti: The Stakes of the Post-Quake Elections
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2010-10-27
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 26 p., Argues that if the electoral process is to be as transparent, non-violent and widely participated in as it needs to be, the Haitian government must meet a higher standard than ever before, and the UN, regional organizations and donors like the U.S., Canada, the EU and Brazil must urgently press for this and expand support.
4. Justice for Haiti: Beyond Aid and Debt Forgiveness
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Katz,Ethan (Author) and Boscov-Ellen,Daniel (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2010-04-14
- Published:
- Council on Hemispheric Affairs
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 12 p., Over the last few months there has been a surfeit of talk in the international community over what should be done for Haiti. However, in almost all of these discussions Haiti's historical context is completely excised -- It is almost as if the country had only come into being as a result of January's earthquake. This collective amnesia is damning since the devastating nature of these natural disasters cannot be understood apart from over two centuries of Haiti's colonial and postcolonial subjugation, foreign occupation, economic exploitation, and the degrading conditions faced by most of its population.
5. Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake: Protecting Small States
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Chong,Alan (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2010-01-21
- Published:
- S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 3 p., The earthquake tragedy in Haiti offers lessons in how the world should prepare well in advance for such non-traditional security threats. Small states should focus on good governance while the international community should exercise rehabilitative soft power.
6. Post-quake Haiti: Security Depends on Resettlement and Development
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-06-28
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 22 p., Discusses how a year and a half after a deadly earthquake devastated its capital, 650,000 victims still wait for permanent housing in more than 1,000 unstable emergency camps across Haiti as a new hurricane season arrives. If reconstruction is to right the many imbalances that have made Haiti poor and prone to disasters, violence and conflict, it is paramount that the Martelly government set out a resettlement policy rapidly that engages the victims and is less about closing the camps, more about building stable, less violent communities and not only in the capital. The pilot plan for closing six camps and resettling their residents his administration has put forward is an important first step that deserves support, but the most vulnerable camps should be added to it quickly.