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25 May 2012
   
 
 
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Haiti – The Slow Road to Reconstruction - 422 KB
 

After two years Haitians continue to grapple with the effects of the devastating earthquake that killed more than two hundred thousand people and rendered more than one million of them homeless. The future of Haiti hangs in the balance, with the road to reconstruction proving to be a slow and arduous one. While billions of dollars of aid have been pledged, only half of the funds have been disbursed.

This briefing note reports on the status of the reconstruction effort and the continued challenges in shelter, education and health facing the island nation. Haiti has been plagued by institutional weaknesses, political instability, and economic insecurity for decades, which the earthquake only served to exacerbate with devastating consequences.

Author:
Marc J. Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Humanitarian Policy, Oxfam America

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