Presidential election run-off vote scheduled to be held on January 16 is postponed because of row over who should be on ballot.
Former president Jean-Claude Duvalier returns from exile, faces corruption and human rights abuse charges.
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Announcement of inconclusive provisional results of presidential election triggers violent protests
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Presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Run-up to presidential, parliamentary polls due on November 28. Concern over exclusion of popular candidates.
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Popular anger grows over slow pace of reconstruction six months after quake.
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Cholera outbreak claims over 2,500 lives and triggers violent protests.
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Gender: Gender Inequality Index, value 0.739
Indicator:
-Maternal mortality ratio (deaths of women per100,000 live births)
-Value: 670
-Population with at least secondary education, female/male ratio
-Value: 0.619
-Adolescent fertility rate (women aged 15-19 years) (births per 1,000 women aged 15-19)
-Value: 46.4
-Labour force participation rate, female/male ratio (Ratio of female to male shares)
-Value: n.a.
-Gender Inequality Index, value
-Value:0.739
-Shares in parliament, female-male ratio
-Value:0.050
-Maternal mortality ratio (new estimates) (deaths of women per100,000 live births)
-Value: 300
-Gender Inequality Index (updated)
-Value: 0.705
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Human Security: Refugees by country of origin (thousands) 23.1
Indicator:
-Refugees by country of origin (thousands)
-Value: 23.1
- Unemployment rate, total (%) (% of labour force)
-Value: 12.7
-Homicide rate (per 100,000)
-Value: n.a.
-Robbery rate (per 100,000)
-Value: n.a.
-Population affected by natural disasters (average per year, per million) (average per year per million people)
-Value: 12,150
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Income: GNI per capita (2008 PPP US$) LN 6.9
Indicator:
-GDP per capita (2008 PPP US$)
-Value: 1,040
-GNI per capita (2008 PPP US$) LN
-Value: 6.9
- Household final consumption expenditure per capita PPP (constant 2005 international $)
-Value: 888
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Sustainability: Adjusted net savings (% of GNI) n.a.
Indicator:
-Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes)
-Value: 0.2
-Protected area (percentage of terrestrial area)
-Value:0.3
-Adjusted net savings (% of GNI)
-Value: n.a.
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Poverty: Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3) 0.306
Indicator:
-Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3)
-Value: 0.306
-Intensity of deprivation
-Value: 53.3
-MPI: Headcount ( k greater than or equal to 3), population in poverty (% of population)
-Value: 57.3
-Population living below $1.25 PPP per day (%)
-Value: n.a.
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Composite indices: HDI value 0.404
Indicator:
-Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3)
-Value: 0.306
-HDI value
-Value:0.404
-Gender Inequality Index, value
-Value: 0.739
-Inequality-adjusted HDI value
-Value: 0.239
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Inequality: Inequality-adjusted HDI value 0.239
Indicator:
-Income Gini coefficient
-Value: n.a.
-Inequality-adjusted education index
-Value: 0.219
-Inequality-adjusted income index
-Value: 0.141
-Inequality-adjusted HDI value
-Value: 0.239
-Inequality-adjusted life expectancy
-Value: n.a.
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Health: Life expectancy at birth (years) 61.7
Indicator:
-Prevalence of undernourishment in total population (% of population)
-Value: 58
-Expenditure on health, public (% of GDP)
-Value: 1.2
-Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)
-Value: 72
-Life expectancy at birth (years)
-Value: 61.7
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
Education: Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years) 4.9
Indicator:
-Adult literacy rate (both sexes) (% aged 15 and above)
-Value:65.3
-Combined gross enrolment ratio in education (both sexes) (%)
-Value: n.a.
-Expenditure on education (% of GDP) (%)
-Value: 1.5
-Internet users (per100 people)
-Value: 10.1
-Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years)
-Value: 4.9
-Expected Years of schooling (of children) (years)
-Value: 6.8
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HTI.html
International donors pledge $5.3 billion for post-quake reconstruction at a donor conference at UN headquarters.
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Up to 300,000 people are killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits the capital Port-au-Prince and its wider region - the worst in Haiti in 200 years.
US takes control of the main airport to ensure orderly arrival of aid flights.
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World Bank and International Monetary Fund cancel $1.2bn of Haiti's debt - 80% of the total - after judging it to have fulfilled economic reform and poverty reduction conditions.
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Jean-Max Bellerive becomes prime minister after the Senate passes censure motion against his predecessor, Michelle Pierre-Louis.
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Former US President Bill Clinton appointed UN special envoy to Haiti.
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A school in Port-au-Prince collapses with around 500 pupils and teachers inside. The authorities blame poor construction methods.
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Michele Pierre-Louis succeeds Jacques-Edouard Alexis as prime minister
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Nearly 800 people are killed and hundreds are left injured as Haiti is hit by a series of devastating storms and hurricanes.
Tropical Storm Hanna passed over northern Haiti in early September, bringing heavy rain and flooding. Ike, another major hurricane, caused flooding and mudslides.
The United States has provided more than $30 million in humanitarian assistance to Haiti in the wake of the storms, the U.S. Agency for International Development said. The United Nations' Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated more than $4 million for post-hurricane humanitarian aid, the agency said
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US and World Bank announce extra food aid totalling 30m dollars.
In response to plea from President Preval for more police to help combat wave of kidnappings-for-ransom, Brazil agrees to boost its peacekeeping force.
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Food riots. Government announces emergency plan to cut price of rice in bid to halt unrest. Parliament dismisses Prime Minister Alexis.
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UN troops launch tough new offensive against armed gangs in Cite Soleil, one of the capital's largest and most violent shantytowns.
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US partially lifts an arms embargo, imposed in 1991.
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Launch of a UN-run scheme to disarm gang members in return for grants, job training.
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A democratically-elected government headed by Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis takes office.
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President
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Haiti
General elections, the first since former President Aristide was overthrown in 2004. Rene Preval is declared the winner of the presidential vote after a deal is reached over spoiled ballot papers.
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Hurricane Dennis kills at least 45 people.
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Prominent rebel leader Ravix Remissainthe is killed by police in the capital.
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Nearly 3,000 killed in flooding in the north, in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne.
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International donors pledge more than $1bn in aid.
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Celebrations marking 200 years of independence turn into uprising against President Aristide, who is forced into exile. An interim government takes over.
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First UN peacekeepers arrive, to take over security duties from US-led force and to help flood survivors.
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Severe floods in south, and in parts of neighbouring Dominican Republic, leave more than 2,000 dead or disappeared
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Provisional President
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Voodoo recognised as a religion, on a par with other faiths.
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Rising levels of deadly political and gang violence in the capital; armed gangs loyal to former President Aristide are said to be responsible for many killings
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Haiti is approved as a full member of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) trade bloc.
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30 armed men try to seize the National Palace in an apparent coup attempt; 12 people are killed in the raid, which the government blames on former army members.
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Presidential spokesman accuses former army officers of trying to overthrow the government after armed men attack three locations, killing four police officers
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President
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Aristide elected president for a second non-consecutive term, amid allegations of irregularities.
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Dominique's assassination was in April of 2000
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Preval declares that parliament's term has expired and begins ruling by decree following a series of disagreements with deputies
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Serious political deadlock; new government named.
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President
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