21. Mark Weisbrot - "Only in America: Former U.S. Official Sued Haiti Contractors for Kickbacks"
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, reconstruction)

... which they incorporated in the Cayman Islands, to bid on reconstruction contracts. Lucke was well positioned for the job, having formerly been in charge of the multi-billion dollar reconstruction effort ...

22. Talk of Prioritizing a Civilian, Over a Military Mission, at the UNSC
(Matching tags: un, reconstruction, minustah, ngos)

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos chaired a UN Security Council meeting today, reportedly attended by representatives of 14 countries (including the foreign ministers of MINUSTAH members Argentina ...

23. House Financial Services Committee Planning to Conduct Oversight of Haiti Reconstruction
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, reconstruction, sanitation)

... release notes further that Following last year’s earthquake, an international donors’ conference was convened to raise funds for Haiti’s reconstruction.  World governments and international organizations ...

24. Relief and Reconstruction: The Year in Review, Part II
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, reconstruction, sanitation, disease, ngos)

... from Isabel MacDonald, and Isabeau Doucet assess the state of relief and reconstruction one-year later. Doucet writes: On the tragedy's one-year anniversary, it’s become clear that perhaps the only ...

25. Relief and Reconstruction: The Year in Review, Part I
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, doctors without borders, reconstruction, sanitation, disease, ngos, red cross)

... year in terms of relief and reconstruction. Here’s a sampling of some of what has been released so far. We will post more summaries in the coming days. Assessing NGO Efforts: The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s ...

26. Using Food Aid to Support, Not Harm, Haitian Agriculture
(Matching tags: reconstruction, agriculture)

A new issue brief from CEPR (PDF) proposes that international donors seeking to support Haiti’s agricultural sector and provide food to those in need could help Haiti become more self-sufficient by purchasing ...

27. Washington Post Reports on the US' "New Approach to Aid"
(Matching tags: reconstruction, ngos, aid coordination)

Mary Beth Sheridan reports for the Washington Post on the US' new approach to aid in Haiti: An internal Obama administration assessment concludes that the U.S. government has provided $4 billion in aid ...

28. A Look at the Haiti Reconstruction Plan
(Matching tags: reconstruction)

Colum Lynch reports for the Washington Post on the action plan that President Preval will present to the donor conference at the UN tomorrow. Lynch writes that the plan would "redirect much of Haiti's ...

29. Group Releases Compilation of Documents Outlining Plans for a Haitian Led Reconstruction
(Matching tags: reconstruction, ngos)

A group of Washington based groups, the "ad-hoc Haiti advocacy coalition", released a document today which includes numerous recommendations for implementing a Haitian led reconstruction. The purpose of ...

30. "Haitian NGOs Decry Total Exclusion from Donors’ Conferences on Haitian Reconstruction"
(Matching tags: reconstruction, haitian ngos)

... of local input in the reconstruction plans that are being put forward. The statement is available online here (in Spanish). The full text of their statement follows: Haitian NGOs Decry Total Exclusion ...

31. Bush Administration Veterans Have Plans for Haiti
(Matching tags: reconstruction, coup, international republican insti, aristide)

Roger Noriega of the American Enterprise Institute and former State Department official during the Bush administration writes today about “Priming the pump of private capital and promoting free market ...