Despair, Desperation, and Distrust in Haiti Following Earthquake

Andrew Donaldson

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  1. Dark Matter says:

    To avoid the mistakes of the past, the Haitian government is now requesting that aid flow through it, and aid groups say they are improving coordination to avoid overlap and address critical needs.

    If memory serves, one of the lessons learned from one of the earlier disasters was “don’t use the gov if you want competence and to avoid corruption” so that’s why they didn’t have aid flow through it last time.

    And yes, there’s a strong argument it didn’t work well either.Report