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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

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Reuters Report Slams MINUSTAH
Reuters reports on the U.N. Peacekeepers's response in the days after the earthquake, reporting a detrimental focus on security.One member of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division told Reuters: "The only time I've seen one of these U.N. troops jump out of

CEPR / February 26, 2010

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Haitian Government Abruptly Changes Course on Shelter Plan
CNN reports that after weeks of planning “tent cities” to house earthquake survivors who lost their homes, the Haitian government is adopting an entirely new strategy. The new plan revolves around registering residents of the camps and determining whether

CEPR / February 25, 2010

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Children Airlifted To US May Not Be Orphans
Twelve Haitian children, airlifted to the US, may not actually be orphans, reports Ginger Thompson for the New York Times. Fifty-four Haitian children were airlifted to Pennsylvania in the aftermath of the earthquake, "organized by Gov. Edward G. Rendell

CEPR / February 24, 2010

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Lack of Sanitation Could Lead to Outbreak of Diseases
Patricia Mazzei reports for the Miami Herald on the lack of sanitation and the possibility of diseases spreading throughout the make-shift camps: "But now, more than five weeks after the quake, the dangers of inadequate sanitation could amount to the most

CEPR / February 24, 2010

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Exodus From PaP Puts Pressure on Rural Communities
The Los Angeles Times reports on the stress that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Haitians from Port-au-Prince has put on rural communities. This is especially significant with the planting season fast approaching and supplies hard to come by and mo

Jake Johnston and CEPR / February 24, 2010