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Is the US Overstating What it’s Done for Shelter?
The White House issued a press release yesterday detailing the US government's response to the earthquake in Haiti. The release included this: USAID has provided 160,000 plastic sheets and 24,500 family size tents that will help 185,000 families out of t

CEPR / March 11, 2010

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The Politics of Aid
Jacqueline Charles reports for the The Miami Herald today on the politics of aid in Haiti. Charles notes that despite hundreds of thousands still without shelter, the "behind-the-scenes jockeying" by aid groups, NGOs and governments alike will only increa

CEPR / March 10, 2010

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Dean Baker to Discuss False Profits at Public Citizen

March 22, 2010

Dean Baker to Discuss False Profits at Public Citizen

4:30 pm
Public Citizen
1600 20th St NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker discussed his new book False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy, in which he recounts the causes of the economic meltdown, dissects the government's inadequate responses to it and offers a thoughtful progressive program for rebuilding the economy and reforming the financial system.

CEPR / March 09, 2010

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Preval: Food Aid Risks Damaging Economy
Haitian President Rene Preval arrives in Washington today and is set to meet with President Obama on Wednesday. Reuters reports on one of the key messages that will come from Preval: Donations of food and water have proved a lifeline for more than 1.2 mil

CEPR / March 08, 2010

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Paul Collier: New Approach to NGOs Needed
Paul Collier writes for the Independent about the role of NGOs in Haiti's recovery and the need for a new approach to aid. Collier is a professor at Oxford and the author of "Haiti: From Natural Catastrophe to Economic Security", prepared for the UN Secre

CEPR / March 08, 2010

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WSJ: "Social Structures Form in Haiti’s Tent Cities"
The Wall Street Journal reports on the rise of self-governance in the make-shift camps, home to 1.3 million people. Miriam Jordan of the WSJ writes: Inside the many tent cities now home to hundreds of thousands of people, a rudimentary social order is beg

CEPR / March 08, 2010