Opinion
Starting Anew in Haiti
It’s time for a paradigm shift in Haiti. The urgent call has come to leave behind the dependency and international guardianship that has prevailed for decades and find a new rationale for foreign direct investment, for international cooperation and for its renaissance as a country. The basic principles of this new paradigm must include strengthening institutional capacities, governance and human resources, the expansion of knowledge, the empowerment of civil society and the creation of favorable conditions for the development of a national economy.
These should be the basic principles for Haiti’s re-founding based on new solid ground with a plan that marks milestones and achievable goals.
Michaëlle Jean is the UNESCO Special Envoy to Haiti, and former Governor-general of Canada
This article has been sourced from a discussion by the author (Michaëlle Jean) under the same title that was published at The Miami Herald on 17 February 2013.
