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The directorate is in charge of implementing the sector policy, coordinating donor assistance and regulating service providers. Regional service providers under the authority of the DINEPA are called OREPA (Offices Régionaux de l'Eau Potable et de l'Assainissement) and provide water supply in urban areas. Municipalities are supposed to become ...
The problem has multiple causes, including the proliferation of shantytowns and the absence of a comprehensive urban development policy. Global warming is one of the main causes of this problem, [ 1 ] faced with one of the most disastrous economic, social and political situations on the planet, Haiti is unable to implement an urban development ...
Examples include Jean-Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, a Haitian American couple who were kidnapped on 18 March and later released, [126] Robert Denis, the director of the TV station Canal Bleu kidnapped on 11 April, [127] and Harold Marzouka, the Vice-Consul of Saint Kitts and Nevis and CEO of Haiti Plastics, kidnapped on 15 April. [128]
According to the Association of Pharmacists of Haiti, requests for medicines have increased by more than 200%, and they cannot meet the demand due to disruptions to the supply chain because of the ...
Damage to infrastructure in the 2010 Haiti earthquake was extensive and affected areas included Port-au-Prince, Petit-Goâve, Léogâne, Jacmel and other settlements in southwestern Haiti. In February Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. [ 1 ]
Environmental issues in Haiti include a historical deforestation problem, overpopulation, a lack of sanitation, natural disasters, and food insecurity. The major reasons for these environmental issues are corruption, human exploitation, and the embezzlement of taxpayers' funds for personal gains.
In 2012, Haiti was the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with approximately 58.5% of its population lived below the nation's poverty line. [2] The Gini coefficient for Haiti was 59.2 in 2001, making it the 7th highest nation in terms of its degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. [23]
In addition, Haiti's large share of thermal generation (70%) makes the country especially vulnerable to rising and unstable oil prices. Haiti has the smallest public sector in the LAC region, [5] which in this case is reflected by a weak institutional capacity within the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (MTPTC). Since the ...