Haiti Seen as a Crisitunity: Who says what about rebuilding
The conversation about “What’s Best for Haiti?” is one that everyone is weighing in on. It seems that the post-earthquake devastation is seen as a “crisi-tunity” for a country that was already facing poverty, corruption and debt before the natural disaster. There’s hope that maybe the influx of aid and interest can lead to improvements that should have been in progress before the earthquake hit. Here’s 8 mainstream opinions of how the rebuilding should happen to take advantage of the crisitunity:
Now is the Time to Fix Inequalities in Haiti
Robert Muggah and Robert Maguire offer four strategies for Haiti’s success: decentralization, a service corps, improved state institutions, and cash for the poor.
After the earthquake, how to rebuild Haiti from scratch
Jeffrey Sachs calls for a bank account that Haiti can draw from throughout rebuilding, rather than having to negotiate with numerous donors. He puts a dollar figure to the rebuilding: between $2 to $3 billion per year for the next 5 years.
How to rebuild Haiti after the quake
Boyce Watkins argues for investment rather than sympathy.
Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, says the usual: long-term commitment, coordinated aid, leadership, and that “Haiti can’t be reconstructed by well-meaning outsiders.”
The New York Times calls on eight experts to give their prescriptions for rebuilding Haiti, including an architect, an expert on informal cities, a former special envoy to Haiti, more cities experts, a water expert, a businessman, a Harvard professor, and a Columbia professor.
Paul Collier, Jean-Louis Warnholz, Michele Wucker, Clare Lockhart, and Dan Schnitzer comment on “nation-building, economic development, and emergency aid, and how best to help devastated Port-au-Prince.”
Canada calls on nations to forgive Haiti’s debt
We must rethink the rebuilding of Haiti
