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Showing 1 to 20 of 179 for “"Haiti"”.
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Writing race in Haiti's constitutions : synecdoche and negritude in post-revolutionary Haiti.
… population to stand in for the whole population. Haiti's early constitutions invert this synecdoche, picking out the black population as representative of the whole. This thesis analyze Haiti's 1805, 1806, 1807, and 1816 Constitutions for this synecdochal inversion. These synecdoches rearticulate …
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A Church for Cange, Haiti
Architecture is a functional art with numerous competing requirements. What are the roles for limitations in architecture? Is it enough to simply make a "good building"? Can architecture spring solely from that which is required, or is more necessary?
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The determinants of malnutrition in Haiti
… the primary causes of malnutrition in preschool Haitian children. A survey of 160 women and their child closest to weaning age was conducted in three regions of Haiti in January 1978. Ordinary least squares multiple regression analysis was used to determine the combined power of the …
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Women's work and child nutrition in Haiti
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science, 1981.
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Supply chain strategy in post-earthquake Haiti
Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2011.
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Economic feasibility of bagasse charcoal in Haiti
… bagasse-based charcoal manufacturing in Haiti was investigated. From these main inputs, three different manufacturing economic scenarios were modeled using a simple, dynamic excel spreadsheet. The first model reflects single family implementation, which reasonable found that a family …
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Converting sugarcane waste into charcoal for Haiti
In Haiti, most families have traditionally relied on wood and wood-derived charcoal as their primary fuel source for indoor cooking. This resource has proven to be unsustainable, however, as over 90% of the Haitian countryside has already been deforested and wood is now in low supply. As a poor …
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Female Democratic Agency: Lessons from Rural Haiti
Rural Haiti provides an excellent case to study the human security crisis threatening women. Haitian women are often single mothers, leading average households of 4-6. In elected positions, female leadership is seldom recognized. With only 3.5% of parliament comprised of female leaders, policies …
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From Haiti to Canada: The Migration That Binds
This study explores Haitian migration to Canada, the networks tying the two countries together, and the statecraft managing this movement during the decade beginning in 2010. The work investigates transnational spaces as a principal feature of contemporary Haitian migration and contends that …
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Rain falls on water : a journey into Haiti
Includes bibliographical references.
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The Economics of Smallholder Households in Central Haiti
Smallholder households in Haiti face many natural resource management challenges. Agricultural production occurs on deforested hillsides prone to erosion. Charcoal is in an important source of income, and woodfuel stocks are often over-exploited. Donor-funded projects and non- governmental …
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Music in Haiti: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide
The music of Haiti draws upon many sources: Haitian folk traditions, traditional Western music, and the musics of Africa. Likewise, scholarly writing about Haitian music comes from an array of disciplines including ethnomusicology, musicology, sociology, and cultural anthropology. Generally, the …
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Skilled Birth Attendant Assessment In Haiti: A Pilot Project
… skilled birth attendant training program in Haiti to determine if they meet global standards of competency established by the International Confederation of Midwives. </p> <p>Design and setting: A testing instrument that included both a 50-question, multiple choice knowledge test and two …
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Identification and Explanation of Regional Development Poles in Haiti
… Metropolitan Area of Port au Prince (MAPAP) in Haiti has a negative impact within MAPAP and on the socioeconomic development of the entire country. This phenomenon, known as urban primacy, is increasing at an unprecedented rate in developing countries. Urban primacy in the Third World is …
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Water purification in Haiti : An engineers without borders project
… to present the necessary steps to help a town in Haiti develop an organization focused on improving their water quality. It goes through the technology needed to create the organization and explains the procedures for implementing a charitable project in a foreign country. A narrative of the …
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Toward the solution of the squatting problem in Haiti.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1965. M.C.P.
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Sodium hypochlorite generation for household water disinfection in Haiti
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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The United States military occupation of the republic of Haiti
<p>The treaty to establish a protectorate over Haiti is another step by the United States in the Americanization of the Caribbean area. These extensions have become a fixed policy of the Department of States. The Republicans and Democrats heartily support the United States government in her program …
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