Des pistes de solutions inclusives face aux inégalités dans les projets de développement en Haïti

Abstract

During the Duvalier regime (1957-1986), many Haitian children had difficulty gaining access to basic social services. As a result, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the North began supporting Haitian communities through development projects. These projects target a variety of audiences, including children. However, these development projects as a whole are criticized by many researchers for the inequalities they entail. In particular, development projects in the children's sector, set up thanks to this aid, also conceal inequalities that are detrimental to the recipient communities. With these conclusions in mind, we interviewed fifteen (15) local Haitian stakeholders on their understanding of the power relations that run through children's development projects. We analyzed seven project documents, two codes of conduct and several internal policy documents from the three NGOs involved in our research. The results of this research carried out in 2021 showed that the operation of NGOs in the North leads to social and economic inequalities and injustices towards local Haitian workers and their work. Because of the inequalities in these projects, the latter face difficulties in their work. Despite these various difficulties, they demonstrate their agentivity within NGOs and with project beneficiaries by proposing and implementing inclusive interventions.

Keywords

• local stakeholders
• inequality
• development projects
• Northern NGOs
• inclusion