Through the financing of research projects of a scientific nature, the BRH Fund intends to strengthen the involvement of the main actors in the various fields of study and research that can advance reflection on the major issues concerning the economic and social development of the countries, changes related to climate change, the digital economy and scientific progress.

The creation of the BRH Fund for Research and Development is intended as a call on universities to play a more proactive role in establishing a conceptual framework for reflection on public problems, for taking informed strategic decisions and implementing place of an integrated and inclusive development process.

The Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) released in mid-April the list of research projects selected for funding for the June 2021-February 2022 session.

Documentary reference framework on the transformation and use of fermentable waste for the production of family biogas and fertilizers for agriculture:

Duration: 10 months

Sector: Waste management

Institution: Group of researchers (individuals)

Project manager: Jean Remy Raphael

Plants, diets and high blood pressure:

Duration: 18 months

Sector: Health/Traditional Medicine

Institution: INARRSSAN / State University of Haiti (UEH)

Project manager: Roger Jean-Charles

Research on the use of medicinal plants for health and economic resilience in the Great South:

Duration: 18 months

Sector: Traditional medicine. Natural resources / Environment

Institution: Botanical Garden of Cayes

Project manager: Pierre André Théogène

Barriers to the use of mobile payments in financial transactions in Haiti:

Duration: 8 months

Sector: FINTECH

Institution: Research group (individuals)

Project manager: Claudel Mombeuil

Nostalgia for Traditional Knowledge in times of natural disaster in Haiti:

Duration: 12 months

Sector: Traditional medicine/Natural disaster

Institution: Group of researchers (individuals)

Project manager: Jerry Michel

Identification and evaluation by SOHAD of the analgesic virtues of medicinal plants used in Haiti in the management of painful symptoms:

Duration: 12 months

Sector: Health

Institution: Haitian Society for Training and Pain Management (SOHAD)

Project manager: Sabine Régine ROCHE

Differentiation of the exit profile of traditional secondary students and those of the new secondary:

Duration: 24 months

Sector: Education

Institution: Quisqueya University

Project manager: Paul Lucien Lacarière

For more information on the research projects selected for the 2nd cohort, please consult the Fund's website at: https://frd.brh.ht/actualites.php?single_actualite=XSq8Tqpi3kn9jEGKU58WE3EpQnxl2fGqFbWtj0disMx034Ow7So2dmfrf904teIoSbiil6K1xflSz89XTcasv7UTJZbcx3PzOvKE

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