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The Story Hunters
The Story Hunters An Anthropologist’s Conversation with a Caribbean Peasant Rice Farmer Inspires an Innovative Civic Project. The author, Bertrand Laurent, is an anthropologist who works on governance, workforce development and crime reduction in the Caribbean. He is Executive Chair … Continue reading
Perfect Storms in Haiti and Jamaica: Community Policing is a Governance Strategy.
By Bertrand Laurent @BHLaurent1 In February Andrew Holness, Jamaica’s Prime Minister, recently announced that his country would be willing to join an international effort in Haiti to address its gang problems. Many observers felt that Jamaica, with severe gang problems … Continue reading
Youth Civic Engagement Really Works
A widely shared sentiment among many youth during the sixties and seventies was to withdraw from society and create new communities, invent new relationships, and find new meaning to the notion of self. Social and spiritual separation led to experiences … Continue reading
The Smallest Big City in the World
Every American city has experienced its share of social, environmental, economic and political challenges. New Orleans is probably the only city that, with the possible exception of arctic snow blizzards and desert sandstorms, has exerienced them all. The citizens of … Continue reading
A World of Cities
Cultural, economic and social relations between cities are hastened by immigration, decentralization and increasing discomfort with national policies. We are increasingly becoming a world of cities, and less a world of nations. Continue reading
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Tagged "local governance", civic engagement, community development, community policing, community transformation, crime reduction, Cuba, culture economy, neighborhoods, new orleans, stakeholder engagement, sustainable development
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Distribution Phase Begins for TCI’s Christmas Fruit Tree Initiative
The Caribbean Institute’s distribution of fruit trees to Haitian farmers and gardeners for Christmas begins! Continue reading
Our Response to Hurricane Matthew
On October 4 and 5 in southern Haiti, Hurricane Matthew caused over a thousand deaths and immense destruction of houses, schools, roads, bridges and other infrastructure. In addition, farms, trees and animals were lost. Agricultural production and food security are … Continue reading
Citizen or Stakeholder: What’s the Difference?
Engaged stakeholders can be key to addressing specific problems in their community. But it is engaged citizens that are agents of transformative change in the community, making the solutions sustainable. Community development efforts usually focus on the most visible problems such … Continue reading
The Caribbean Institute for Sustainable Development 