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Haiti
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Are humanitarian agencies starting from scratch again in Haiti?
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, thousands of humanitarian agencies supported a huge recovery effort. ATwo months ago, another major quake struck. Are Haiti or humanitarian agencies any better equipped for the challenge of rebuilding?
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Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
A decade after the devastating Haiti earthquake, Lucy Earle reflects on the humanitarian response to the tragedy and its urban setting – and the lessons that have been learned for disaster response
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IIED publishes archive on post-quake planning in Haiti
IIED is marking the ten-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake by publishing an online archive documenting post-disaster community planning work in the city of Port-au-Prince. IIED will also launch a working paper summarising the experience gained in Haiti and host a discussion meeting later this month
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10 years on: What Haiti taught us about urban crises and community planning
In the wake of the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, significant resources were channelled to neighbourhood-level projects, precipitating numerous innovations in community planning. On 23 January, an IIED event drew out the lessons learned from the emergency relief and recovery phases that continue to be relevant for the planning community and humanitarian actors operating in complex urban environments
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Q&A: How to negotiate safe access to gang-ruled neighbourhoods in areas of urban crises
In the latest issue of Environment & Urbanization, Moritz Schuberth examines the added difficulties humanitarian actors face when dealing with crises in urban neighbourhoods ruled by gangs. Schuberth studied the neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake to find out how agencies can deliver the most effective response
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Ending endemic violence through education in Cité Soleil
How to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for children growing up in a violent slum? An innovative project in Haiti faces big challenges
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Q&A: LDC Independent Expert Group chair on the SDGs and tackling inequality
Former Prime Minister of Haiti Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis discusses the challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals and reducing inequalities related to gender, trade and climate change
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Haïti vise 31% de réduction des émissions de CO2 d'ici 2030
In the sixth of our interviews with representatives from the Least Developed Country Group ahead of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Paris (COP21), Fanfan Jordan, director of the Ministry of Environment's climate change programme talks about Haiti's climate plan and loss and damage
