Haiti programs / Haiti project 521-0000 · 1979–1993 · Development Associates, Inc.
To help promote development in Haiti while avoiding the deterioration of women's status that development based on developed country norms often entails, this study profiles Haitian rural women and suggests suitable assistance strategies. A description of the socioeconomic setting of Haitian rural women highlights traditional values -- the importance of marriage (legal or customary) and children and the authority of the husband. To show the involvement of Haitian women in commerce, their predominant economic role, sketches are provided of marchandes (market ladies) in different regions. Marchandes sell their own produce or, more frequently, travel to country markets where they buy large quantities to resell wholesale in the cities. These activities may be threatened by the recent road network expansion if there is a shift to bulk cargo transport. Women also participate in charcoal production, kitchen gardens, harvesting, and raising small animals. Although non-farm employment opportunities for Haitian women are very limited, they do exist and include gravel making, cassava making, commercial weaving, factory jobs, salt collection, castor oil production, handicrafts, domestic servi
Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAJ-894 (1981). The source's own text.
Operated in: Haiti.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Report on the evaluation of the Haiti drug prevention and control project (APDA) : volume I | 1991 | Evaluation-type document |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development Associates, Inc. | implementer | 1986 to 1987 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Kansas State University. Food and Feed Grains Institute | implementer | 1989 to 1991 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
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Operated in Haiti, 1979 to 1993 14 sources
Scope: country: Haiti. The award code belongs to this country's mission. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 521-0000-C-6115 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) |
| implementer |
| 1991 to 1993 |
| Stated in a document |
| 2 sources |
| ARCHIPLAN | implementer | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) | implementer | 1985 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| International Lifeline Inc. | implementer | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| 1986 to 1987 |
| Stated in a document |
| 3 sources |
| 521-0000-C-0050 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| DAN-4144-A-5095 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1989 to 1990 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| 521-0000-C-3080 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AID-521-C-0145-T (award, fiscal year not recorded) | 1981 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AID-521-C-122-T (award, fiscal year not recorded) | 1981 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AID-521-C-99-T (award, fiscal year not recorded) | 1979 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| PDC-0000-I-21-3078 (task order, fiscal year not recorded) | 1985 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to Haiti | 1984 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 11 sources |
| USAID. Mission to Haiti | 1979 to 1981 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 1979 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 14 sources |
Sector profile (computed): Private sector competitiveness 21%; Good governance 12%; Agriculture: agribusiness, processing, marketing, agricultural finance 11%
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Program key prj:5210000
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