Profile of Haiti’s Garment Industry Program for Expanding Apparel Exports

Profile of Haiti’s Garment Industry Program for Expanding Apparel Exports

Haiti’s garment industry enjoys a number of favorable conditions. Through trade acts and agreements, Haitian manufacturing companies have duty free access to the United States. This builds on Haiti’s advantage of being in close proximity to U.S. buyers. Haitian manufacturers have established relationships with U.S. buyers, and are large enough to have achieved economies of scale. Haitian manufacturers also enjoy relatively low wages and favorable labor regulations.

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Plateau Central Market Research

Plateau Central Market Research

The market research presented in this report is drawn from several phases of investigation in Haiti’s Plateau Central (hereafter referred to as the Plateau) commissioned by the Clinton Foundation (hereon referred to as CF) and facilitated by TechnoServ Haiti, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to “business solutions to poverty.”

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Seismic Isolation of 200 Year Old Heritage Cathedrals In Haiti

Seismic Isolation of 200 Year Old Heritage Cathedrals In Haiti

Historic and heritage building present a unique class of structures. These buildings form a cultural pillar of the communities and thus require preservation. However, given their vintage, they have sustained severe damage and collapse in recent earthquakes, including in Italy (2009), Haiti (2010) and New Zealand (2011). The main vertical and lateral load bearing members for these buildings is typically comprised of unreinforced stone masonry (URSM) walls.

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Mining in Haiti: Review of Haitian Capacity and Preparedness

Mining in Haiti: Review of Haitian Capacity and Preparedness

The goal of this report is to summarize the elements necessary to demonstrate Haiti’s capacity to permit and regulate mines in Haiti to ensure that it protects human health and the environment. This includes two primary elements: The completeness and best practices of Haiti’s relevant laws and regulations and Haiti’s governmental capacity to permit and regulate mines.

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2009 Minerals Yearbook Dominican Republic and Haiti

2009 Minerals Yearbook Dominican Republic and Haiti

Haiti occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola. the country had at times produced cement, clays, limestone, marble, marine salt, sand and gravel, and other construction materials. There were also known deposits of chromite, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, manganese, silver, sulfur, tin, and zinc. although Haiti possesses similar economic mineral deposits as the Dominican Republic, which had developed a relatively more prosperous mining industry...

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Livelihood Profiles in Haiti

Livelihood Profiles in Haiti

The livelihood profiles that follow document how rural populations throughout Haiti live. A livelihood is the sum of ways in which households obtain the bare necessities, how they make ends meet from year to year, and how they survive (or fail to survive) through difficult times.

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Inventaire des Ressources Minières de la République d’Haiti

Inventaire des Ressources Minières de la République d’Haiti

D’une manière générale, les haïtiens ne croient pas que le sous-sol de leur pays soit très riche en ressources minières. Pourtant, le territoire de la République d’Haïti recèle de très intéressants indices et gisements de substances minérales de grande valeur économique, susceptibles d’ouvrir la voie à une intense activité minière nationale.

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