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Diphtheria Outbreak Leads to Emergency Vaccination ProgramThe report does a good job describing how - despite its fixation on Penn’s personality – that the boy’s life might have been saved had, first, vaccinations been available, and then, second, the antitoxin to treat diphtheria been more easily accessible once Oriel came down with the disease. Yet, as CNN reported, “it took Penn -- even with his star power -- 11 hours to get his hands on one dose.”After the report, the World Health Organization responded by saying that it was "just an isolated case and there are no other cases."
Cases of the disease were first reported on Saturday in Camp Batimat in Cité Soleil district, one of the settlements housing people displaced by the January earthquake, Christiane Berthiaume, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told reporters in Geneva.
Jake Johnston / May 18, 2010
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Is the Miami Herald calling for all parties to be involved in the elections?Haiti's parliament went out of business last Monday because the earthquake forced the cancellation of legislative elections in February. That has left President René Préval as the sole effective constitutional authority in the country, with no preparations undertaken so far to hold new elections.The Herald states that
Haiti's leaders need to unite in the common interest of organizing transparently free and fair elections in the shortest time frame possible.
Jake Johnston / May 17, 2010
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It’s Too Bad Keynes Didn’t Write in EnglishDean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 17, 2010
Dean Baker / May 17, 2010
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Family Friendly Cuts to Social Security: The Myth of Affluence TestingDean Baker
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Dean Baker / May 17, 2010
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New York Times: "Still Homeless in Haiti"Of the more than 1.5 million Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake, about 7,500 have been moved from the most dangerous areas of crowded tent cities to new resettlement sites. The conditions in those tent cities are grim. Thunderstorms are fierce, and the plastic sheets and tarps distributed after the disaster are fraying, along with the people’s patience.
Meanwhile, the demand for secure housing keeps growing as people who fled the capital, Port-au-Prince, move back, because that’s where most of the aid is.
Jake Johnston / May 17, 2010
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The Benefits of Financial Transactions TaxesDean Baker / May 16, 2010
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Market Irrationality in the EurozoneMark Weisbrot / May 13, 2010
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Latin America and the Caribbean
More on Argentina's Devaluation and DefaultDean Baker / May 13, 2010
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Why Don’t They Spend the Money Now, When People Need It?Only the Clinton-Bush fund and Clinton Foundation refused to answer our questions, despite repeated e-mails and phone calls. Their websites say they've received $52 million in donor dollars, and have spent only about $7 million: less than one-seventh.
The Red Cross has raised $444 million and spent about 25 percent ($111 million) of it, including $55 million for "emergency relief," such as food and kitchen items, and $42.9 million for shelter including tarps, tents and blankets.
CARE has raised $34.4 million and spent about 16 percent ($5.75 million), $2.5 million of that on "shelter."
And at Catholic Relief Services: of $165 million committed to Haiti, it spent no more than 8 percent ($12.2 million), including $2.5 million on food $1.28 million on emergency shelter.
(Click on the links above for PDF’s with charts and reports breaking down income and expenditures.)
Jake Johnston / May 13, 2010
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How Do We Correct Misinformation in Public Policy Debates?Shawn Fremstad / May 13, 2010
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Congress Should Quickly Allocate Funds, Exert Oversight on Haiti ReliefIt is urgent that Congress approve a generous aid relief and reconstruction package that supports a sustainable, decentralized, Haitian-led recovery as soon as possible. A delay in approving the supplemental will postpone much needed efforts in Haiti and affect the replenishment of the International Disaster Assistance account, damaging the U.S. government's ability to address humanitarian crises around the globe.
Jake Johnston / May 12, 2010
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TONIGHT: CBS News Investigates How Aid Money is Being Spent in HaitiJake Johnston / May 12, 2010
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The European Union’s Dangerous GameMark Weisbrot / May 12, 2010
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State and Local Workers Earn Less than Similar Private Sector WorkersAlan Barber / May 12, 2010
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The Benefits of State and Local Government EmployeesJohn Schmitt / May 12, 2010
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The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government EmployeesJohn Schmitt / May 12, 2010