An opinion piece about the problems and challenges facing the people and government of Haiti mentions that, in September, social work scholars Athena Kolbe and Royce Hutson of Wayne State University published an alarming report on human rights abuses in the Caribbean country. The controversial report, based on survey data, detailed eight types of human rights violations. The newspaper article mentions that a key to resolving Haiti 's problems is to raise the level of education and personal income of the population. The country also needs assistance "building up institutions for local governance and democracy," the writer contends.