“Haiti is an alarming reminder that natural disasters have more devastating consequences where physical infrastructure is weak, where institutions are problematic, and where there is a lot of poverty. So trying to foster development is also a response to disaster. How humanitarian assistance is administered may make it more or less conducive to longer term development, may make a transition from one set of actors (emergency responders) to another (development aid agencies) go more smoothly, may lead to better preparedness for the next time.

The SSRC has asked people we believe are deeply reflective about the situation in Haiti to share their thoughts about the present moment and its relationship to humanitarian assistance and transitions to development. This collection of postings is the result of that effort.”

Find it here: Haiti, Now and Next — Social Science Research Council.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: When Is Disaster Intolerable?

by Craig Calhoun

Beyond the Earthquake: A Wake-Up Call for Haiti

by Alex Dupuy

Country, City, Service

by Ferentz Lafargue

Cracks of Gender Inequality: Haitian Women After the Earthquake

By Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Haiti Update

by William O’Neill

Haiti and the International System: The Need for New Organizational Lending Formats

by Saskia Sassen

Haiti: Can Catastrophe Spur Progress?

by William O’Neill

Mobilize the Diaspora for the Reconstruction of Haiti

by Dilip Ratha

Hope Admist Devastation: Towards a New Haitian State

by Robert Fatton Jr.

Haiti’s Earthquake and the Politics of Distribution

by Andrew Apter

Moving Beyond Disaster to Build a Durable Future in Haiti

by Greg Beckett

Haiti and the Unseen World

By Elizabeth McAlister

Rebuilding Haiti: The Next Two Hundred Years

by J. Michael Dash

Reckoning in Haiti

by Jean Casimir and Laurent Dubois

Run From the Earthquake, Fall Into the Abyss: A Léogane Paradox

by Karen Richman

Rebuilding Haiti, Rebuilding the Fragile State Framework

By Yasmine Shamsie