PAST REPORTS

he market research presented in this report is drawn from several phases of investigation in Haiti’s Plateau Central (hereafter referred to as the Plateau) commissioned by the Clinton Foundation (hereon referred to as CF) and facilitated by TechnoServ Haiti, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to “business solutions to poverty.” The research was designed to assess the availability and pricing of a wide range of consumer products, including personal and household goods, non-perishable food, as well as tools and construction materials. The researchers also examined sourcing, profit and turnover rates, as well as what products were unavailable but desired by local consumers, in order to assess and size untapped markets in the target region.

This study responds to a tender from The German Red Cross (GRC). The GRC is working in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross, Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Haitian Red Cross (HRC) to decide how to best direct post hurricane Sandy Livelihoods/Food Security interventions to fishing communities in the Departments of the Grand Anse and Nippes. Tropical Storm Isaac in (August 24) and Hurricane Sandy (October 24) caused torrential rainfall and severe flooding in Haiti's department of the West, Nippes, South, Grand’Anse and South East, as well as in coastal areas of Artibonite and the Northwest. The two storms combined reportedly resulted in 78 deaths and 24 people missing. Around 33,500 people left their homes for temporary shelters (USAID 2013). The Government of Haiti reported 6,678 houses destroyed, 24,617 damaged and 9,352 flooded. Most damage occurred in the Grand’Anse, Nippes, Sud, Ouest and Sud-Est departments (see The Guardian 2012). Total cost of damages were estimated to be in excess of US$242 million.

The quantitative Gender Survey described in this document was part of a larger evaluation and exploration of gender in Leogane and Carrefour, two communes (counties) near to Port-au- Prince that were among those most heavily impacted by the January 12th 2010 earthquake. Following the catastrophe CARE initiated emergency and supportive relief efforts in the communes, including sanitation, health and cash for work programs. In April 2010 CARE launched a program on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) focusing on family planning and maternal health; later that same year CARE added the Life-Saving Interventions for Women and Girls project, the objective of which was to "combat gender-based violence and to reduce mortality and morbidity among earthquake-affected women and girls." In March 2013 CARE commissioned the qualitative evaluation of these projects and the present complementary quantitative survey that would help to both corroborate findings from the qualitative evaluation and provide guidance for further gender-informed interventions in the region. Both studies are part of CARE International's commitment to helping the poor in Haiti and to long term development, endeavors in which it has been a major Government of Haiti ally since 1954.

This study focuses on Haiti's Department of the North West and Northern portion of the Department of the Artibonite. The objectives were to, 1) UndertakecommunityconsultationsandfieldbasedassessmentintheNorth-West/upper Artibonite on food security and health to identify most at risk communities, food supply, coping mechanisms, etc. 2) Undertake quick mapping of actors and their programmes in the NW/upper Artibonite related to food security-health. 3) Co-ordinate with NGOs and the Government of Haiti to identify programme areas potential CARE interventions. 4) Assess resource requirements and constraints (human, financial, material, logistic) and costs (salaries, rent, transport, favourable exchange rates, etc) associated with starting operations and to provide options and relevant recommendations for a strategic programming; 5) QuickSWOTwithpartnersandcommunityparticipants/leaders(includingassessmentof local capacity, priority needs, CARE competence/experience) 6) Recommend appropriate programme intervention options based on the underlying causing of poverty.

This report was commissioned by International Trade Centre's (ITC) Ethical Fashion Initiative, a program designed to assist artisans. It examines the concept of a "fair wage" in the context of the cost of living and the prevailing wage scale within in Haiti. It concludes with a recommended wage scale for the artisan sector..