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 …
Read MoreIt’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 …
Read MoreHaiti: 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 …
Read MoreA 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 …
Read MoreMisery, 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 …
Read MoreBliss 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 …
Read MoreSphagetti 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 …
Read MorePort 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 …
Read MoreRoads 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 …
Read MorePort 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