Income Distribution and Poverty in the Republic of Haiti

Chapter 8 Vulnerability to Poverty: A Microeconometric Approach and Application to the Republic of Haiti

“…Mean vulnerability is as expected very high in Haiti at about 74 per cent at the national level; this is equal to the poverty rate found in earlier research (Jadotte, 2007) and this figure can somehow corroborate the validity of the estimation procedure adopted above. Vulnerability rate however is above 83 per cent, which, paraphrasing Chaudhuri (2003), makes conspicuous the general underestimation of poverty incidence in standard static poverty assessments.…”

“…By administrative region (see Table A3), the results also confirm what we have found in early research (Jadotte, 2007). Vulnerability rate is the lowest in Département de l'Ouest with a 57.38 per cent incidence while Nord-Est is the most severely affected with a 98.51 per cent incidence, followed by Nord-Ouest with a 97.67 per cent incidence.…”

Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in Haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison

“…Like many developing nations, Haiti is experiencing a young but growing population, increased urbanization, limited education, and a weak economy. Haiti also has one of the most disparate income structures in the world (Jadotte 2006). While there are a privileged few, the majority of Haitians-80% of the population-live below the poverty line.…”

The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti

“…They allow some households to escape poverty (Lamaute-Brisson, 2003) and are a vehicle for social inclusion, as they allow participation in the market process through the higher demand capacity that remittances bestow upon the deprived recipient households (Orozco, 2006). Notwithstanding this, they do not necessarily reduce inequality, as remittances accrue more to the top deciles of the income distribution (Lamaute-Brisson, 2003;Jadotte, 2006).…”