HAITI - Community Driven Development

[spinningkitty]

GWOZ0Z0 has the precise point that is much more important and overarching than this video. While these micro-grants provide some choice and project empowerment for communities on a very small scale, the World Bank creates conditionality on a much larger scale that screws Haiti over and makes sure they will never be able to provide for themselves and be truly independent.

[MrBigPoppa43]

Unlike current relief efforts, The Haiti Economic Development Fund is a grass roots fund created and designed to enhance Haiti's long term job development initiatives which include entrepreneurship, power generation, telecommunications infrastructure development, microfinance for small businesses, small business technical assistance, export marketing and tourism promotion. To find out how you can help please visit:

haitieconomicdevelopmentfund.b­logspot(DOT)com

[GWOZ0Z0]

World Bank is nothing but another agent that functions to keep countries like Ayiti in a cycle of debt and consequent impoverishment and underdevelopment. For instance, loans are approved only after Ayiti agrees to not invest in areas that can gradually raise it out of abject poverty, things like education and roads.

World Bank, USAID, are doing Ayiti a disservice

[maddogg1234]

why the international community try every thing to keep

haiti in poverish and undevelop

[icofbaby1]

THere can be many answers to that. The US makes more money when Haiti is poor. Haiti is 3rd country in the world of US imports. Because Haiti doesn't produce it's own food, they BUY everything. US makes money. THe rich in Haiti can fly to the States buy cheap products and go make a fortune in Haiti. Haitians serve as cheap labor for Hanes factories in Haiti. World Bank gives money if US rice is not taxed which kills local production. Read the book "Uses of Haiti" to learn more.