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Haitian PM: Aid Bypassing Government, Better Coordination Needed
Although the US and UN have stressed the fact that the Government of Haiti is playing an active role in the relief efforts, and numerous experts have stressed the importance of strengthening the Haitian State, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive's comments

CEPR / March 04, 2010

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The "Fault Lines" in Haiti’s Relief and Reconstruction
A thought-provoking piece from anthropologist and filmmaker Mark Schuller on Huffington Post today asks some hard questions of the international community: As of a month after the earthquake the estimate of aid donated is $600 million for Haiti relief eff

CEPR / March 03, 2010

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"WSJ: Global Aid Is No Relief for Small Haitian Businesses"
The Wall Street Journal reports on the effects of aid on local markets and small businesses in Haiti: After the Jan. 12 quake, which killed as many as 300,000 people, the world launched a massive relief effort to bring food, water, medicine and other supp

CEPR / March 03, 2010

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Shelter: Planning to Fail
After chaos and confusions surrounding changing plans for providing shelter last week, sources on the ground say the shelter cluster has decided on a three step strategy. First, register those in the camps and if their homes are safe, ask them to return h

CEPR / March 02, 2010

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Debt Relief Legislation Moves Forward
The "Haiti Recovery Act" passed through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week. The bill, introduced by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) would eliminate Haiti's outstanding debt to International Financial Institutions (IFI) an

CEPR / March 01, 2010

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Six Weeks On, Only 33 Percent Shelter Coverage
One month after the earthquake, MSF (Doctors Without Borders) had the following to say: "It's hard to believe that four weeks after the quake, so many people still live under bed sheets in camps and on the street," said Christophe Fournier, MSF's Internat

CEPR / March 01, 2010

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Food Aid Undermines Local Producers
*This post has been edited slightly for accuracy. The AP reports today on the effects of US rice on Haitian farmers: Subsidized U.S. rice has flooded Haiti for decades. Now, after the Jan. 12 quake, 15,000 metric tons of donated U.S. rice have arrived.

CEPR / February 26, 2010