1. 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 ...

2. Cholera Eradication Plan Announced, But Funding Still in Question
(Matching tags: minustah, sanitation, haitian government, aid pledge, cholera, public sector, accountability)

... This could be especially significant given that aid for the cholera response (and for the overall relief and reconstruction effort) has largely bypassed the Haitian government. According to data from the ...

3. In Commemorating Earthquake, Very Different Approaches
(Matching tags: haitian government, crs, idps, housing, clinton, Asanble Vwazen Solino)

... earthquake and remembering the hundreds of thousands who died. The Haitian government held another ceremony, without Clinton, earlier in the morning where the national palace once stood, in what the AP ...

4. Three Years Later: Three Answers to Haiti's Predicament
(Matching tags: usaid, minustah, sanitation, ngos, haitian government, aid, accountability, clinton)

... years after the earthquake. 1.  How would you describe the situation in Haiti today? “Peyi a vin kraze.” As Haiti enters a new year, I’ve heard this phrase several times from different Haitians over ...

5. Haiti, D.R. to Present $2 Billion Plan to Improve Health and Sanitation Infrastructure to Fight Cholera
(Matching tags: minustah, haitian government, aid, ijdh, cholera)

... peaks, over 125 people have died in just the last month. As the AP’s Martha Mendoza and Trenton Daniel report, the plan – which is set to be released under the auspices of the Haitian and Dominican ...

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

... and other benefits to keep a senior-level manager in Haiti. Some of our interviewees explained how NGOs and foreign workers are exempt from Haitian taxes and often do not follow Haitian registration requirements.  ...

7. Haiti Using Funds from PetroCaribe to Finance Reconstruction
(Matching tags: reconstruction, haitian government, venezuela, petrocaribe)

... large bypasses the government. In fact, traditional budget support to the Haitian state was lower last year than the year before the earthquake. Over the duration of the agreement, which began in 2008, ...

8. 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)

... of missed opportunities, skewed priorities, a lack of coordination and perhaps most importantly, a shortage of communication with both the Haitian government and Haitian people. The result, as the report ...

9. IHRC Mandate Ends – 18 Months With Little to Show
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As the AP reported last week, the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission’s (IHRC) mandate expired on Friday, October 21. The mandate had called for a transition to a Haitian government development authority ...

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 ...