Haiti has received $13.34 billion dollars in public donations marked for 2010–20. But 55 percent of Haitians are still living on less than $1.25 a day, and 50 percent of the population is 18 years old or younger. Why aren’t Haitians reaping the benefits of foreign aid? As Melissa Harris-Perry and guests discuss on her show, we have to hold to account NGOs and opportunistic foreign governments.
—James Cersonsky
For more on the Haitian crisis, read Amy Wilentz’s analysis [1] of its new maquiladora economy in the most recent issue of The Nation.