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“Dictators, Peace Corps Volunteers, governments, activists, non profits, for profits, companies all talk about development - but can we agree on what it is?” asks Bryan at Haiti Innovation, as he blogs about a hydroelectricity project on the island.
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Development means one thing to rich Haitians and quite another to poor Haitians. Check out analysis by the Haiti Information Project in an articled entitled: “Haiti’s Wealthy Prosper while the Poor Decline”
http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/haiti-haitis-wealthy-prosper-while-the-poor-decline/