RESEARCH DAY 2

Boodhoo, Niala. A Look at Rebuilding Haiti's Earthquake-Shattered Economy. United States, Washington: McClatchy - Tribune Information Services, 2010. http://search.proquest.com/docview/458455117?accountid=3360.


This explains that Haiti's economy was based of agriculture, as most of its population gained their profit and life agriculturally. It also states how Haiti will need to rebuild from the industries native to the country, including rum production. Lastly, it converses about how the fact the insurance and coverage is so rare in Haiti, it made the quake ever so more devastating. 




Merten, Kenneth. "Sunday Perspective: Recovery is Slow, but we'Re Working to Rebuild." Oakland Tribune, Jan 16, 2011. http://search.proquest.com/docview/840286719?accountid=3360.


This article explains what and how the United States is playing a role in the re-consecutuive improving economic structure of Haiti as effected by the quake (and before). It tell of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) that assembles relief and development projects in order to build a bridge between the beneficial US economy and the defective Haitian economy' what governments (mostly US) are doing to help.




Clinton, Bill. "Business can Help Haiti." Business Week no. 4166 (Feb 15, 2010): 84-84.http://search.proquest.com/docview/236800507?accountid=3360;magazine/content/10_07/b4166084349692.htm?chan=magazine+channel_business+views.


This is a quote/speech from Bill Clinton, which states how he believes that this is an opportunity rather than a disaster to redevelop and reestablish Haiti to become a country with solid infrastructure, etc. He suggests that business is the key to relief and to helping Haiti out of the ashes, as the economy will provide opportunity and investments for citizens worldwide to restart an economy which has the potential to better lives in and out of Haiti.




Guha, Krishna. "Rush to Restore Cash Flow to Economy." Financial Times, </span>, 2010.http://search.proquest.com/docview/250248775?accountid=3360.


This article describes how Haiti is simply running out/have run out of cash, causing the economy to be at a total stand still. It speaks of how all banks are shut down, there is little financial aid from governments, industries and plants shut down (textiles, etc.) allowing for no income or payments to other countries--no cah flow. It also tells of what some banks (the World Bank) are trying to do while inputting money as loans and aids to restart cash flow.




Klarreich, Kathie. "Haiti Earthquake Diary: Rebuilding a Sense of Community." The Christian Science Monitor, Jan 22, 2010. http://search.proquest.com/docview/746479718?accountid=3360.


This is notes from an interview with the Haitian Minister of Tourism, now the head of the earthquake damage assessment. He says the Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, has too big of a population than it was made for, and has a lack of the positions needed to be filled in order to have the city fully functioning again--it is the center of Haiti's and much of the Latin American economy. He also explains how there must be a government/leader that will lead the community in a direction where the economy has the potential to rebuild itself.