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 ...

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 since 2010.) “Poverty is big business,” says Claudia.

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

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 ...

This all contributes to environmental problems. But Haiti's huge environmental problem is caused by poverty. If Haiti were a rich country, deforestation would not be such a problem. Haiti is one ...

Haiti faces some of the highest rates of inequality and food-insecurity of any country ... degradation and climate change—have combined to trap the majority of the region’s 1.6 million inhabitants in ...

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