Busy building work makes Port au Prince a damn sight better than Kinshasa

by Rashmee

Posted on March 27, 2014


What were your first impressions of Port au Prince I asked a young man newly …

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It’s official. Port au Prince is not the very worst city in the world to relocate

by Rashmee

Posted on March 26, 2014


It’s reassuring that Port au Prince is not the very worst city in the world …

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Haiti: The McDonalds effect, but it’s not McDonaldization

by Rashmee

Posted on March 24, 2014


The McDonalds effect has already happened in Haiti. In a way. If you believe that …

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A poor megacity is the very epitome of a modern urban nightmare

by Rashmee

Posted on March 16, 2014


The world’s poorest cities are obviously in the world’s poorest countries.  This rather useful map …

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Misery, yes. Miserable people, no. Might Port au Prince be a happy city?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 6, 2014


Happy city. I thought about the title of Charles Montgomery’s book this carnival week, when …

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Bliss point and basic needs: Where in the world can we be truly happy?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 5, 2014


Never mind the words, charts and tables that economists Eugenio Proto and Aldo Rustichini use …

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Sphagetti and meatballs: In praise of an endangered culinary cliche

by Rashmee

Posted on March 2, 2014


The restaurant scene in Port au Prince has as much variety as it can bear …

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Port au Prince is too modish by far in its fashionable disdain for roads

by Rashmee

Posted on March 1, 2014


Roads, says Aaron M. Renn, a blogger who should know, “are clearly out of …

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Roads and road rage in Port au Prince: Frankly, there’s not much of either

by Rashmee

Posted on February 28, 2014


Roads remain something of a preoccupation for anyone who lives in Port au Prince. Consider …

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Port au Prince: Bad roads, worse driving,appalling arrogant UN vehicles

by Rashmee

Posted on February 27, 2014


Yesterday, we drove to the supermarket near our house and unusually, were back home in …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK