1. Closer Coordination With Local Groups Key to Improved Relief Effort
(Matching tags: usaid, un, refugees international, relief coordination)

This is the main message from an evaluation of relief efforts released Tuesday by Refugees International. The report concludes that "By all accounts, the leadership of the humanitarian country team is ...

2. Fear and Loathing in Port-au-Prince (and Beyond)
(Matching tags: contractors, relief coordination, haitian ngos, aid, public sector, recovery)

An article by Tate Watkins in The American Interest attempts to explain some of the reasons why, as the title puts it, Haiti’s rebuilding “is…taking so long?” Among the factors Watkins details are the ...

3. The "Fault Lines" in Haiti's Relief and Reconstruction
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, un, shelter, relief coordination)

... of aid donated is $600 million for Haiti relief efforts (compare this to the $20 billion in Wall Street bonuses). And yet, there are still an estimated 600,000 people today who are not covered when the ...