PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- Haiti's opposition applauded a U.S. threat to impose economic sanctions against the impoveri ...

Missionaries provide literacy programs, microcredit initiatives, and agricultural training to fight poverty and uplift rural ...

Despite a slight decrease in overall extreme poverty in Haiti, the number of poor remains extremely high, especially in rural areas. Haiti is one of the most unequal countries in the world, in terms ...

Haiti’s entire economy ... political instability and a succession of crises have fueled an economic meltdown where poverty and hunger are rapidly spreading and unemployment is rising.

The U.S. is the largest aid donor to Haiti (US$5.1 billion since the 2010 quake) with Canada in second place ($2 billion ...

Haiti faces some of the highest rates of inequality and food ... have combined to trap the majority of the region’s 1.6 million inhabitants in a cycle of poverty. Currently, just 6 percent of the ...

officially the Republic of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas. Nearly 60% of the population lives below the poverty line. In recent months, Haiti has descended into a critical state of violence ...

Yet for Haiti’s children — the millions caught in the crossfire, no longer able to attend school, or pushed to join the armed gangs amid crippling poverty — the situation is especially dire.

U.S. aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children in Haiti as violence spirals and more young ...

In recent months, schools have become targets. In some areas, armed groups see looting schools as a lucrative alternative to ...

Haiti has no president or parliament and is ruled by a transitional body, which is struggling to manage extreme violence linked to criminal gangs, poverty and other challenges. More than 5,600 ...

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the World Bank Group’s Board of Directors endorsed a new strategic partnership for Haiti. The new ...