Haiti - NGOs

Question 1

Haiti context

Answer 1

Former French colony

Faced series of dictatorial leaders

1990s-2011 SAP and IMF stabilisation started to grow the economy

2010- massive EQs and natural disasters

Question 2

What is Haiti’s HDI?

Answer 2

170/189

(low LE, children don’t finish school)

Question 3

How much aid has Haiti received since 2000s?

Answer 3

Over $17bn

Question 4

Examples of failed aid in Haiti

Answer 4

Direct aid - paid for less than 1/5 pf rubble removal projects that govt asked for but 4x infrastructure projects

Protect the People - took Haitians on to work temporarily in America BUT scheme was too costly to maintain

American Red Cross - raised $488mil to help victims of 2010 EQ BUT 40% spent on overheads

USAID - pledged $124mil to build industrial park in N Haiti BUT kicked farmers off land, didn’t bring expected no. of jobs

Question 5

PEST reasons for failure of aid in Haiti

Answer 5

Political: lack of confidence in govt

Economic: NGOs define success by creating tangible assets

Social: brain drain deters education investment, gangs, coastal population dependant on subsistence farming

Tech: infrastructure cannot withstand flooding, mudslides, EQs, etc