Haiti earthquake Haiti suffered its worst earthquake in 200 years on January 12, with the capital Port-au-Prince destroyed, tens of thousands of people dead and millions reliant on international aid
Prospects are bleak for farmers with most of the country’s rainforest destroyed and soil in poor condition even before January’s earthquake
The power wielded by foreign donors in Port-au-Prince is a source of fresh humiliation, writes David Blair
A deeply ingrained belief in the occult can explain some of the sporadic outbreaks of violence among the 690,000 people left on the streets by the earthquake
With only three-fifths of uk donors using Gift Aid, charities are keen to urge UK taxpayers to tick the box that allows them to reclaim tax, because chasing up the contributors adds to their costs.
Just as in the economy, real-world catastrophes occur frequently. Our response to Haiti should be similar to the response to the banking crisis: rapid response groups should be created to organise relief, writes Phillip Ellis
The opportunity must be seized to rebuild the devastated island for the long term, before the international community loses interest, write Paul Collier and Jean-Louis Warnholz. A sensible recovery plan is already prepared
The quake that robbed the poorest nation in the western hemisphere of its few functioning institutions is also testing the ability of the UN and the developed world to step into the breach
Haiti needs to focus on state and capacity-building, in everything from justice to education. This requires external help to guarantee security and the rule of law
If you want to understand how the Biblical disaster visited on its people could end up changing Haiti’s lot, there is no better example than what happened in Indonesia’s Aceh province
The search for survivors amid the rubble continues, one day after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince
Thousands are feared dead after a massive earthquake hits Haiti
