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What IPS says about the world today.
Monsanto Seed Delivery Angers Haitian Activists
Farmers object to the pesticide-laden donation.
Of Donors and Disasters
When representatives from 136 countries attended the high-level International Donors’ Conference in New York on March 31, it looked like good news for Haiti.
Seismic Inequality
Why Chile fared better than Haiti after earthquakes struck both countries.
Earthquake Olympics
Democracy, market forces, and religious apostasy aren’t determining factors in the scores Chile and Haiti notched in this grim competition.
Ghosts Threaten to Return to Haiti
Development experts are about to give Haiti the same disastrous prescription for reform. But Haitians could still build a very different post-earthquake society.
Sweatshops Won’t Save Haiti
The UN donors’ conference is an opportunity to help Haitians rebuild in a manner that respects their humanity and enables them to become more productive.
Rescuing Haiti
Not to worry, people of Haiti, help from the United States is on the way.
Fighting Like Hell in Haiti
More than 50 groups recently declared their priorities, which include: “housing, environment, food, education, literacy, work, and health for all.”
Haiti Again?
The U.S. treatment of Haiti is, unfortunately, nothing new.
Haiti: Earthquakes and Neo-Colonialism
The exact shape of Haiti’s dismal future remains uncertain.
Time to Deal with Haiti
Haitians are waiting to see whether Obama will drop policies that have failed both our oldest neighbor and our highest ideals for over two centuries.
What To Do Now in Georgia
It’s time for the UN to step up to the plate and help resolve the conflict.
Border Crossings: Links Between Immigration, Debt and Trade
Debt cancellation, combined with new approaches to trade, investment, and aid, could help many developing countries reduce migration pressures.