1. A Closer Look at USAID Food Aid Programs in Haiti
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, agriculture, food aid, world vision, crs)

... (USAID) has spent over $200 million on Title II food aid in Haiti since the earthquake. Title II food aid, administered by USAID and implemented by NGOs and intergovernmental organizations (primarily the ...

2. Donor Disbursements Slowing According to Latest Data from Special Envoy
(Matching tags: aid distribution, reconstruction, haitian government, aid pledge, donors, cholera, haiti reconstruction fund, petrocaribe)

The Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti released updated data this week on public sector donor disbursements since the earthquake in Haiti. The Special Envoy has been instrumental in holding donors accountable ...

3. Breaking Open the Black Box: Increasing Aid Transparency and Accountability in Haiti
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, chemonics)

Today, CEPR released a new report authored by Jake Johnston and Alex Main on USAID in Haiti. The paper looks at the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance, what we know about how it is being administered, ...

4. Is the US Overstating What it's Done for Shelter?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, shelter, chemonics, iom, chf international)

The White House issued a press release yesterday detailing the US government's response to the earthquake in Haiti. The release included this: USAID has provided 160,000 plastic sheets and 24,500 family ...

5. Is USAID Mainly Serving U.S. Interests?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, agriculture, food aid)

An op-ed in Bloomberg Businessweek yesterday lays out the case for USAID reform, highlighting the case of contractors in Haiti (and citing this blog) as an example. The piece, by Charles Kenny of the Center ...

6. The U.S. State Department’s Uninspiring Report to Congress
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, shelter, agriculture, debt relief, cholera)

... for example. This is a word and topic that does not appear once in the report, despite the ongoing epidemic and despite that “Health and Other Basic Services” is “Pillar C” of USAID’s “Haiti Rebuilding ...

7. Three Years Later Round-up: Clinton Edition
(Matching tags: aid distribution, food aid, bill clinton, clinton-bush fund, rice)

... Michel Martelly laid a wreath at a mass grave and, earlier, called on his countrymen and women to remember, persevere and move on. He was joined by former U.S. President Clinton, a U.N. special envoy to ...

8. Three Years Later: A Round-up of News and Commentary
(Matching tags: aid distribution, elections, evictions, camps, idps, cholera, housing, GBV)

... also issued statements today, with Rep. John Conyers (D – MI) saying in part: Moving forward, the United States needs to recommit itself to ensuring that all aid funding to Haiti is allocated in a transparent ...

9. Haiti by the Numbers, Three Years Later
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, shelter, ocha, imf, garment factories, idps, cholera, housing)

En français Number of people killed in the earthquake in 2010: over 217,300 Number of people killed by cholera epidemic caused by U.N. troops since October 19, 2010: over 7,912 [i] Number of ...

10. Haiti’s Increasingly Hidden Displacement Disaster
(Matching tags: aid distribution, reconstruction, forced evictions, displacement, idp, housing)

... the next few months. One former resident of the Champ de Mars camp said that his subsidy will run out next month, and with no steady employment, he expects to be back on the street soon. If so, he, and ...