Haiti

The New York Times reporting on the recent uptake of violence in Haiti has turned to Ford School's Susan Page for insights on the situation. Brutality from armed groups and political instability have perpetuated the country for the past year and the...

Susan D. Page, Ford School professor, says the continuing crisis in Haiti is hard to explain. Page says “Everyone is just kind of astounded.” Because of that it will be hard to know how the incoming Trump administration will influence that...

Susan D. Page, Devex: Susan Page, who served as U.N. assistant secretary-general to Haiti and in various U.S. government roles, including USAID, said that even when the agency attempts to work with smaller organizations, often the math just doesn’t...

Haiti has once again found itself in crisis, rattled by an assassination, overtaken by gang violence, and led by an unelected government. Associate dean John Ciorciari recently penned an article in Foreign Policy warning of the consequences of...

As Haiti continues to face challenges such as the effects of climate change and political turmoil, former Ambassador and Professor of Practice in International Diplomacy Susan D. Page calls for the U.S. to work alongside Haitians to create a more...

Jonathan K. Hanson explores the relationship between state capacity and electoral authoritarian regimes in his May 2017 “State capacity and the resilience of electoral authoritarianism: Conceptualizing and measuring the institutional underpinnings...

Robert Dickinson (BA ’17) is submitting this field report from his summer 2016 internship at Haiti School Project in Port au Prince.Travelling always feels the same to me: the harsh recycled air on my flights; the long walkways and loudspeakers of...