Month November 2013

The Haiti Earthquake Damage Assessment Program

In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, it seemed as if the city of Port-au-Prince had been completely destroyed. There was talk of relocating the capital or of bulldozing large swaths to make way for new construction. As the rubble…

The Our Border Program

From 2003 through 2010, I directed a program for the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) to improve cross-border cooperation and trade in the Haitian-Dominican borderlands. It was a facinating experience as we worked on issues ranging from cross-border perceptions to…