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

... Agency for International Development (USAID) official turned influence peddler, sued a consortium of firms operating in Haiti for $492,000, for breach of contract. As Lucke would have it (sorry!), he ...

42. Haitian Companies Still Sidelined from Reconstruction Contracts
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, chemonics, dai)

In December 2010, the AP conducted an analysis of Haitian earthquake contracts given out by the US government, finding that only $1.60 out of every $100 went to Haitian companies. In the story, USAID responded: ...

43. USAID/OTI's Politicized, Problematic Cash-for-Work Programs
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, aristide, chemonics, dai, fanmi lavalas)

... with USAID, Chemonics and DAI, two companies we had previously reported on. The AP article cites a USAID Inspector General (IG) report that showed that both Chemonics and DAI were hiring significantly ...

44. Haitian Companies Bypassed in Favor of DC Area Contractors with Poor Track Records
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, chemonics, dai)

... of funds to a company that the Government Accountability Office and USAID Inspector General have found to have a poor track record of program implementation. In addition to the Cash-for-Work programs that ...

45. Hurricane Roulette
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, un, shelter, tarps, ngos)

Haiti may have dodged a bullet as tropical storm Gaston – which meteorologists had feared might hit Haiti – dissipated late last week. But the scare was a reminder of just vulnerable hundreds of thousands ...

46. Reforming Reform: Judicial Edition
(Matching tags: usaid, un, prisons, justice system)

... program that will be probably be stopped is a $20 million project, administered by USAID. Although Haiti's criminal justice system does clearly need improvement and reform, it is worth pointing out that ...

47. Congress Considering Increased Oversight for Haiti Aid
(Matching tags: usaid, care, catholic relief services, oversight, american red cross)

... to CQ, most money would go through USAID, which "has been the subject of withering congressional criticism in recent years for its handling of the tens of billions in international development assistance". ...

48. Amidst Protests, Preval Declares He’ll Step Down When Term Ends
(Matching tags: usaid, elections, fanmi lavalas)

AP reported this week comments President Preval made at a ceremony honoring Haiti’s Flag Day that he will step down when his term ends on February 7: “This is the last May 18 I will spend with you as ...

49. Agricultural Support Needed, But Who From?
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, fao, chemonics, agriculture, afghanistan, gao)

... farmers. By June the FAO "plans to reach 180,000 smallholder farming families with 1,500 tonnes of seeds and fertilizers." USAID is also collaborating with the Haitian government in support of the agricultural ...

50. Preval: Food Aid Risks Damaging Economy
(Matching tags: usaid, agriculture, imf, world bank)

Haitian President Rene Preval arrives in Washington today and is set to meet with President Obama on Wednesday. Reuters reports on one of the key messages that will come from Preval: Donations of food ...