Posts Tagged conflict
What are the Sources of Conflict along the Haitian-Dominican Border?
Posted by ONeil in Publications in English on June 22nd, 2010
Fishermen from Pedernales and Anse a Pitre working together to improve fishing in their area.
As part of its MIF/OAS funded program, PADF hired Dr. Gerald Murray to conduct a study of the sources of conflict along the Haitian-Dominican border. This work was done in parallel with Dr. Murray’s study of mutual perceptions and attitudes that exist between Dominicans and Haitians. Although the bulk of the fieldwork was done in 2009, Dr. Murray returned to the island after the earthquake and updated the report based on the changed conditions that he found. Though nobody yet knows what is in store post-earthquake, Haiti will never be a replica of the country before the earthquake. The earthquake also exerts a profound impact, somewhat more predictable, on the economy and demography of the Dominican Republic as well. These impacts are already being sensed, though they cannot yet be fully charted.
How should conflict should be addressed
Posted by Molano in Publications in English, Travel on June 17th, 2010
Sebastián Molano
Ms. Yadira Soto, advisor to the office of the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), and expert on conflict resolution visited the border area -her second visit, during a mission on the Haitian-Dominican border. During her visit, she visit different areas (Pedernales-Anse a Pitres), discuss with producer groups of the area, and asses the current situation of conflict.
As a result, she offers us this report , where she states different sources of conflict, assessment of the work done by PADF in the area, and formulate a series of recommendations in a technical level that could be useful for future interventions in the region.
This mission was possible due to the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the OAS and PADF.
