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USAID and Ministry of Public Health and Population Team Up to fortify wheat flour in Haiti, preventing malnutrition and newborn deaths. On Friday, July 21, 2017, at Hotel Montana, the Minister of Public Health and Population, Marie Greta Roy Clement, and Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy, Brian...

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Electricity reform, child nutrition, and immunization should be prioritized by decision-makers, an eminent panel including Haitian economic experts and a Nobel laureate economist announced today, after studying new research written for Haiti Priorise. Ketleen Florestal, P.J. Raymond Magloire,...

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When a child is born, a clock starts ticking. Scientists have shown that half of a child’s intelligence potential is developed by the age of four. Early development makes a huge difference to life-long wellbeing. It is little surprise that distinguished economists who studied responses to Haitian...

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Domestic violence is a human rights issue, a public health issue, and an economic development issue. It not only causes pain and suffering for the victims but creates costs for society. Victims are more likely to commit suicide, have more unwanted pregnancies, are less likely to complete education...

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Low coverage rates for clean water and sanitation leave Haiti exposed to significant health burdens. According to the latest estimates, 72% of Haiti’s population lack access to improved sanitation facilities and use either shared facilities, other improved facilities, or openly defecate. In urban...

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The Economist discusses a development path forward for Haiti, highlighting the research findings for the Haiti Priorise project. The highest BCR comes from fortifying wheat flour with iron and folic acid, which would prevent 150 infant deaths and 250,000 cases of anaemia a year for a trivial...

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There are as many different ideas to improve the wellbeing of Haiti as there are Haitians. After talking to more than 700 people to identify all of the nation’s biggest challenges and most promising solutions, the project Haiti Priorise has asked specialist economist researchers to focus on 85 key...

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In Haiti, about ninety percent of children are estimated to be in primary school. That is a real achievement compared to 20 years ago. But evidence shows that it is not enough to ensure that children are in the classroom. For real benefits, children need to engage in real learning when they are at...

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The Bangladesh Priorities youth forums enabled the young people of Bangladesh to debate ad discuss their top priorities for the nation’s development, sending a message to people in government and in international NGOs what should be done to help make Vision 2021 a reality for them. Watch the video...

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In Haiti, as in most nations, social distortions and inequalities that rule the labor market prevent women from contributing to their full capacity. How to solve this problem is the topic of a new research paper by Mélissa Torchenaud, project analyst in the Department of Public Investment of the...

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