Remittances in crises: a haiti case study hpg background Papers Discussion papers

Support for the research

ODI and the Institute for the Study of International Migration at

Georgetown University discussed the proposed research with

two major NGOs working in Haiti: CARE and Oxfam UK. Both

expressed interest in the results and offered to support the

survey logistically and substantively. This was crucial. Oxfam UK

staff based in the Port au Prince office made plans and

arrangements for the researcher’s nine-day stay in the country,

and the programme officer accompanied the researcher to

Gonaives to begin work. CARE, which still has a large project in

Gonaives, employing some 400 people, organised the actual

programme. CARE officials accompanied the researcher to six

sites where the agency has been operating and arranged for

community leaders to bring together groups for discussions.

CARE  also made arrangements for interviews with remittance

transfer agencies and bank personnel. CARE and Oxfam officials

introduced the study and the researcher to those who

assembled, and translated from Creole to French. Appendix 1

contains a list of individuals who offered the most important

assistance.