The perilous challenge of rebuilding Haiti
By recklaz - Tue Feb 02, 2:36 pm
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Rebuilding Haiti promises to be acrobatic. In a chronic weakness, the state has lost its earthquake with the most recent findings. Its customs and taxes, which constitute its main sources of financing have disappeared. Its president, René Préval, suffers from a credibility deficit. He was criticized for its lack of presence in the aftermath of disaster. This denial occurs when it completes its fall term. This person has not deleted rather designated successor and appears no Churchill Haiti.
International partners who exercised de facto guardianship over the country will have to deal with leaders in delicate position. “It is nevertheless crucial to strengthen the state structures, J. Herard Jarotte, editor and academic, because for the rest, donors already have monitoring tools to oversee the projects.”
Thanks to a global outpouring of generosity, Haiti would benefit if the promises of aid are held from 4 billion in aid. “The international summit to be held in March in New York should endorse the creation of a national agency for reconstruction along the lines of those established in Indonesia after the tsunami and Lebanon for the reconstruction of Beirut,” said one European diplomat. Piloting the agency should be Haitian, with a strong presence of international experts. The new entity will be responsible for identifying and coordinating the recovery plans, while the government will manage current business.
Strong rivalries and differences
On the ground, competition between international agencies, donor countries and NGOs looks tough. It could turn into a rat race, both the differences and rivalries are strong. The UN intends to retain and increase their powers. The United States has decided to exercise their leadership. The Canadiens play their own map. Europeans may lack unity. La France has a special role because of the history and common language. Thanks to an initiative that Haitian French is the second working language of the United Nations. In 1945, the San Francisco conference, the Haitian delegation has managed to lead for his proposed voting Latin American and wrest the decision despite the hostility of the Anglo-Saxons.
The island, which already has one of the highest densities of humanitarian square kilometer, may also be transformed in a few months Barnum charity. The influx of charitable movements will draw local cadres of high level who have not taken the path of exile. Still, the general mobilization has the merit of a country left beside the road a challenge. In its report on “Haiti and France,” published in 2004, Regis Debray wrote: Haiti is “a witness of what can the international community to take the chasm of these gray areas that become black holes are the cosmos . A more than ever about the circumstances.
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