1. UN’s Muñoz Misses the Point
(Matching tags: undp, aid coordination, housing)

... Tell that to the tens of thousands [PDF] of camp residents who have been forcibly evicted, the many others who lack clean water [PDF] or toilets, or the garment factory workers who are paid below minimum ...

2. Taking Stock Three Years Later: A Prelude
(Matching tags: aid distribution, chemonics, ngos, aid coordination, ihrc, housing)

... - and what hasn’t - over the past three years. The New York Times’ Deborah Sontag had a major, must-read feature article based on her investigative look at the shortcomings of the aid and reconstruction ...

3. Durable Housing Solutions Hampered by “the Project Syndrome”
(Matching tags: reconstruction, aid coordination, idps, housing)

... of dollars in reconstruction aid, the most obvious, pressing need — safe, stable housing for all displaced people — remains unmet. In what international officials term a protracted humanitarian crisis, ...

4. Reports from Field Highlight Need for Greater Governmental, Non-Governmental Accountability
(Matching tags: ngos, haitian government, aid coordination, petrocaribe, accountability)

Vijaya Ramachandran and Julie Walz of the Center for Global Development recently reported on their trip to Haiti, where they further examined aid accountability and the ongoing reconstruction effort, the ...

5. Haiti Reconstruction Fund: Building Back …When?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, world bank, iadb, aid coordination, ihrc, haiti reconstruction fund)

The Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) was a center piece of the international community’s pledge to “build back better”, yet its latest financial report reveals that despite receiving a significant share ...

6. Evaluation of Donor Response to Haiti Earthquake Shows "Building Back Better" Nothing But a Slogan
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, shelter, reconstruction, haitian government, haitian ngos, transparency, aid coordination, donors, cholera, housing)

... being confusing, non-transparent and inward-looking, despite their large presence." As an interviewee explained: USAID has had a complete bunker mentality. It’s impossible to have any continuity in ...

7. As Relocation of Champ de Mars Begins, Criticism Over Lack of Adequate Housing Plan Mounts
(Matching tags: iom, ngos, amnesty international, aid coordination, care, camps, camp conditions, idps, housing)

...  “We’re not talking about a house. We’re talking about renting a room, space on the floor, with a roof, access to water, a communal kitchen, maybe a toilet,” Fitzgerald said. As program coordinator ...

8. Emergency and Transitional Shelter Provision Flawed, New Evaluation Shows
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, reconstruction, tarps, ngos, red cross, aid coordination, relief efforts, american red cross, camp conditions, housing)

... base leading to “a barrier between the international response system and the Haitian institutions.” One government official states that, “[o]ur ideas were not taken too much into consideration. Some said ...

9. IHRC Mandate Ends – 18 Months With Little to Show
(Matching tags: aid distribution, reconstruction, world bank, bill clinton, haitian government, aid coordination, ihrc, haiti reconstruction fund, spending)

... of the decision making process. In response, donors often point to the IHRC. The United States, for instance, said in January 2011 that “[t]o ensure that the reconstruction is Haitian-led, the U.S. Government ...

10. CARICOM Calls for Direct Support to Haitian Government
(Matching tags: ngos, haitian government, elections, aid coordination)

Earlier this week CARICOM leaders met at a summit that included UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Inter-Press Service reports on the meeting, noting that CARICOM called for "some "level of order" among ...