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Haiti's future prosperity and peace depend on its ability to build a more resilient state, one capable of providing public services like education and health care and responding effectively to natural disasters. RAND research has identified Haiti's foremost challenges to better governance, evaluated existing plans for improving the delivery of public services, and proposed a realistic set of critical nation-building activities.

Journal Article
A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions Across Four Cities
This chapter conceptualizes cities and their risks as a complex adaptive system and examines the methods for risk reduction.
Sep 3, 2020
Commentary
Cholera in Haiti: No Surprise This Time Around
When Hurricane Matthew swept across Haiti, it left a resurgence of cholera in its wake. Tackling cholera head-on should be on the short list of health priorities for disaster relief in the island nation.
Oct 27, 2016
Report
The U.S. Military Response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Luck, serendipity, and longtime relationships fostered success in Haiti relief efforts, though actual performance is impossible to measure because metrics and plans were not in place before the earthquake hit. U.S. Department of Defense policy on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief needs to be updated.
Oct 29, 2013
Periodical
A Year After the Earthquake in Haiti, the Key to Stability Is to Build the State
It has been a year since the devastating earthquake. The question now is how to use international aid and assistance wisely. This RAND Review cover story describes actions that could yield positive outcomes in Haiti in three to five years.
Jan 6, 2011
Multimedia
Rebuilding Haiti
In this October 2010 Congressional Briefing, RAND experts discuss how the billions of dollars in aid pledged to help Haiti rebuild after the January earthquake can be used to create a resilient state that is capable of responding effectively to natural disasters and providing public services like education and health care.
Oct 18, 2010
Report
Building a More Resilient Haitian State: French translation of summary
Ce rapport passe en revue les défis auxquels est confrontée la République d'Haïti, ainsi que les projets de réforme envisagés, afin d'identifier les priorités les plus nécessaires, réalisables et durables dans le domaine de la construction étatique.
Aug 24, 2010
News Release
Rebuilding Haiti Requires New State-Building Strategy
Haiti's future prosperity and peace depend on its ability to build a more resilient state, one capable of providing public services like education and health care as well as responding effectively to natural disasters.
Aug 13, 2010
Multimedia
Keith Crane and Laurel Miller Discuss Building a More Resilient Haitian State
RAND Senior Economist Keith Crane and RAND Senior Political Scientist Laurel Miller discuss developing a Haitian state-building strategy. They identify the main challenges to more capable governance and suggest ways the influx of aid money can be used for long-term improvements, as well as offer other insights from their latest report, Building a More Resilient Haitian State.
Aug 13, 2010
Research Brief
Building a More Resilient Haitian State: Key Recommendations and Priorities
Haiti's future prosperity and peace require building a more effective, resilient state. RAND researchers identified Haiti's main challenges and recommended a set of state-building priorities that are necessary, feasible, and sustainable.
Aug 12, 2010
Report
Rebuilding Haiti Requires New State-Building Strategy
Haiti's future prosperity and peace depend on its ability to build a more resilient state, one capable of providing public services like education and health care as well as responding effectively to natural disasters.
Aug 6, 2010
Journal Article
Reflections on the Initial Multinational Response to the Earthquake in Haiti
Expert panel discussion of the emergency response in Haiti concluded that rigorous, objective after-action reports are needed both to improve ongoing operations in Haiti and to enhance future responses to large-scale population emergencies.
Jun 1, 2010
Commentary
A Month After the Earthquake: Opportunities Slipping Away
Previous efforts by the international community to stabilize Haiti have met with little or only short-term success. This time, following the earthquake, the U.S. response could actually leverage the response and recovery opportunities into a broader international plan, write Agnes Gereben Schaefer and Anita Chandra.
Feb 24, 2010
Testimony
Reconstructing Haiti
In testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, James Dobbins discusses the current international disaster relief operation in Haiti and how it is affected by a preexisting post-conflict reconstruction mission, which he considers ultimately more important.
Jan 26, 2010
Commentary
Skip the Graft
The latest disaster to befall Haiti creates the opportunity to combine bipartisan accord on Haiti in Washington with keen and perhaps sustained American public interest, writes James Dobbins.
Jan 17, 2010
Report
Justification and Options for Creating A U.S. Stability Police Force
Establishing security is the sine qua non of stability operations, since it is a prerequisite for reconstruction and development. Security requires a mix of military and police forces to deal with a range of threats from insurgents to criminal organizations. This research examines the creation of a high-end police force, which the authors call a Stability Police Force.
Mar 25, 2009
Dissertation
Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing of Policies in Post-Conflict Countries
Examines how to prioritize and sequence political, social, and economic policies in post-conflict countries to sustain peace and reduce the risk of violence reoccurring.
Sep 3, 2007
Report
Nation-Building Efforts Hampered By Failures to Address Health Problems
The United States missed opportunities to help win the support of the public in Iraq and Afghanistan by failing to make health a bigger focus of reconstruction efforts after U.S.-led invasions of the nations.
Mar 15, 2006
Testimony
A Fresh Start for Haiti? Charting Future U.S. Haitian Relations
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotic Affairs on March 10, 2004.
Dec 21, 2004
Commentary
Elections and Nation-building
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Oct 20, 2004
Commentary
Leaving Iraq Too Soon Leads to Failure
If the United States wants to succeed in rebuilding Iraq, history shows it will need to keep forces stationed there for at least five to seven years - maybe longer.
Dec 10, 2003

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